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Walter McMillian


Years Imprisoned:

6

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1993

Location of Trial:

Alabama

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutors concealed exculpatory evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by the AL Ct of Criminal Appeals.

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Information Source 1:

Death Penalty Information Center

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

Information Source 2:

Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

Information Location 2:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

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Ethnicity/Skin:

Black

Book About Case:

Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life and Justice in a Southern Town, Pete Earley, Bantam Books, 1995

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