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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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12 |
Charge: |
Rape |
Sentence: |
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Year Convicted: |
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Year
Cleared:
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1999 |
Location
of Trial:
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Alabama |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of a rape for which he spent 12 years in prison |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Eyewitness error |
Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA testing
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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When Released:
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Information Source 1: |
Associated Press wire story, 1-26-99 |
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Source 2:
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Dredmundhiggins database |
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Location 2:
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http://www.dredmundhiggins.com/ |
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