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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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8.33 |
Charge: |
Murder and Arson |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment with 64 year minimum |
Year Convicted: |
1982 |
Year
Cleared:
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1990 |
Location
of Trial:
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Arizona |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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"Wrongly convicted of a fatal fire that killed his wife and child based on false scientific evidence by the prosecution's "expert" witness that flammable liquid was present in the home. Subsequent tests proved their were no such liquids and that the fire was from natural origins. Released from prison on November 23, 1990 after eight years and four months of wrongful imprisonment." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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"Prosecutorial misconduct of presenting false "scientific" evidence that flammable liquids caused the fatal fire." |
Innocence
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Scientific evidence proved the fatal fire was of natural origins.
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""Mean Justice," Edward Humes, p. 457." |
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""Lawyers seek panel to investigate when innocents sent to prison," Carol Sowers, The Arizona Republic, 11-12-2001." |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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