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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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14 |
Charge: |
Rape and Kidnapping |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
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 Dale Mahan. Both brothers were wrongly identified by the rape victim. Exonerated by DNA testing of the rapists sperm and public hair. Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Eyewitness error |
Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA
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Defendant
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Information Source 1: |
Innocence Project database |
Information
Location 1:
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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=51 |
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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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