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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Breaking and entering |
Sentence: |
9 months suspended |
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Year
Cleared:
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2009 |
Location
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Australia |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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Man wrongly convicted of breaking and entering based on an erroneous DNA match of his DNA was contaminated with that found at a crime scene. The man was sentenced to a nine month suspended sentence. The error was discovered by New South Wales' crime laboratory after DNA samples from dead people - taken at autopsies - was uploaded to the cold-case DNA database. His conviction was overturned on October 2, 2009 by the Wyong Local Court. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Contamination by the NSW crime lab of his DNA with crime scene DNA. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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His conviction was overturned on October 2, 2009 by the Wyong Local Court, after it was discovered that DNA recovered from a crime scene had been contaminated with his DNA.
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Information Source 1: |
DNA lab error led to false conviction, By Julie Robotham and Geesche Jacobsen (staff), Sydney Morning Herald, October 3, 2009 |
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http://www.smh.com.au/national/dna-lab-error-led-to-false-conviction-20091002-ggj6.html |
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DNA test error leads to wrongful conviction, Sydney Morning Herald, October 2, 2009 |
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http://www.smh.com.au/national/dna-test-error-leads-to-wrongful-conviction-20091002-gfq8.html |
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