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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny) |
Sentence: |
5 years probation, $211,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service |
Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year
Cleared:
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1998 |
Location
of Trial:
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Alabama |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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While Alabama's sitting governor Hunt was convicted in 1993 of using $200,000 in state funds for his own personal use. H. Guy Hunt was removed from office and sentenced to 5 years probation, $211,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service. In 1998 his fine was paid in full and the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a full pardon on the basis of his actual innocence on March 31, 1998. |
Conviction
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Innocence
Proved By:
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The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a full pardon on the basis of his actual innocence on March 31, 1998.
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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60 |
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Information Source 1: |
Guy Hunt (1987-93), Encyclopedia of Alabama |
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http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1509 |
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Source 2:
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Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board, by Adam Nossiter, The New York Times, June 12, 1997 |
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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE5D71F3CF931A25755C0A961958260 |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org