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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1982 |
Year
Cleared:
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1988 |
Location
of Trial:
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Australia |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongful conviction of murdering daughter Azaria quashed in September 1988. She claimed, and it was never disproven, that her daughter was killed by a dingo. Subject of the major motion picture, "A Cry In the Dark, " that featured Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain. Her husband Michael Chamberlain fought for her exoneration. Lindy was apparently prosecuted because she was a member of the Modern Adventists, an unpopular religious group. She was compensated $1.3 million (AUS) for four years of wrongful imprisonment." |
Conviction
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Innocence
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Defendant
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Compensation Awarded: |
$1.3 million |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Information Source 1: |
Records of the National Freedom Council |
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Location 1:
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http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/7845.html |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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""Evil Angels,” John Bryson, 1988, Bantam Books, pb (c)1987" |
Book
Information:
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Book About Case (2): |
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Book Information (2): |
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1855070022/qid=1021873060/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-6360276-0860930 |
Movie About Case: |
"“A Cry in the Dark,” 1988, Dir.: Fred Schepisi, Producer: Warner Brothers, Starring Meryl Streep." |
Comments About Case: |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org