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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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8 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
Year
Cleared:
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2001 |
Location
of Trial:
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Alabama |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted in 1995 for the 1993 robbery and murder of a 65-year-old automotive junk dealer in Decatur, Alabama, Gary Drinkard’s conviction was based on the testimony of his half-sister, who faced charges in an unrelated robbery, who had all charges against her dismissed in exchange for her testimony. Her common-law husband was facing some of the same charges as Gary’s half-sister, and he also testified Gary committed the murder. Gary Drinkard was sentenced to death. In 2000 the Alabama Supreme Court reversed Drinkard's conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Prosecutorial misconduct and concealment of exonerating evidence. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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In 2000 the Alabama Supreme Court reversed Drinkard's conviction and remanded the case for a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct. Drinkard was acquitted after his retrial in 1991.
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Information Source 1: |
Gary drinkard, Speaker Biography, Witness To Innocence website |
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http://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/speaker_bio_drinkard.html |
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Source 2:
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Death Penalty Information Center |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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