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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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14 |
Charge: |
Rape and Kidnapping |
Sentence: |
35 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1984 |
Year
Cleared:
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1998 |
Location
of Trial:
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Alabama |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Codefendant & brother of Ronnie Mahan. Both brothers were wrongly identified by the rape victim. Exonerated by DNA testing of the rapists sperm and public hair. Dale Mahon was killed in an automobile crash on December 3, 2002 - he was 41. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Eyewitness error |
Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Compensation Awarded: |
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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23 |
Age
When Released:
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37 |
Information Source 1: |
Innocence Project database |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=50 |
Information
Source 2:
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 12-4-97 |
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Location 2:
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Information
Source 3:
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Associated Press wire story, 12-19-97 |
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Location 3:
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Information
Source 4:
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Dredmundhiggins database |
Information
Location 4:
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http://www.dredmundhiggins.com/ |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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