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Roseanne Catt

Years Imprisoned:	10
Charge:	Murder -- Conspiracy to commit murder
Sentence:	12 yrs
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2005
Location of Trial:	Australia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1992 of conspiring to have her husband murdered, and sentenced in December 1992 to 12 years imprisonment. Catt was released in August 2001. In August 2005, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal quashed six of her eight convictions, and granted her a retrial. In October 2005, the New South Wales Attorney General announced Catt would not be retried, and the charges were dismissed. In April 2006, Catt filed a petition for ex gratia compensation for her wrongful convictions and imprisonment. (After her release, she became Roseanne Beckett.). In February 2007 the prosecution's star witness, signed an affidavit that she was pressured by police threats into perjuring herself to support the case against Catt."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the prosecution's star witness induced by police threats to her.
Innocence Proved By:	Convictions quashed in August 2005 by' the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.
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Information Source 1:	"No retrial for Roseanne Catt, by Jenny Dennis, The Illawarra Mercury, October 6, 2005"
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Information Source 2:	"Witness admits giving false evidence in Catt case, ABC News Online, February 12, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1845497.htm
Information Source 3:	"Police made me lie against Catt, Crown witness tells, Sydney Morning Herald, February 12, 2007"
Information Location 3:	http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/police-made-me-lie-against-catt-crown-witness-tells/2007/02/11/1171128816470.html
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Information Location 4:	http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5810&page=0
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Ethnicity/Skin:	White
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Roseanne Catt

Years Imprisoned:

10

Charge:

Murder -- Conspiracy to commit murder

Sentence:

12 yrs

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2005

Location of Trial:

Australia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the prosecution's star witness induced by police threats to her.

Innocence Proved By:

Convictions quashed in August 2005 by' the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Found?

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Information Source 1:

"No retrial for Roseanne Catt, by Jenny Dennis, The Illawarra Mercury, October 6, 2005"

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Information Source 2:

"Witness admits giving false evidence in Catt case, ABC News Online, February 12, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1845497.htm

Information Source 3:

"Police made me lie against Catt, Crown witness tells, Sydney Morning Herald, February 12, 2007"

Information Location 3:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/police-made-me-lie-against-catt-crown-witness-tells/2007/02/11/1171128816470.html

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http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=5810&page=0

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Ethnicity/Skin:

White

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