Exonerations in the United States 1989 Through 2003

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On August 14, 1989, the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois, vacated Gary Dotson's 1979 rape conviction and dismissed the charges.1 Mr. Dotson-who had spent ten years in and out of prison and on parole for this conviction-was not the first innocent prisoner to be exonerated and relea...

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Main Author: Gross, Samuel R. (Author)
Contributors: Patil, Sujata ; Montgomery, Nicholas ; Matheson, Daniel J. ; Jacoby, Kriten
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2005
In:Year: 2005
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:On August 14, 1989, the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois, vacated Gary Dotson's 1979 rape conviction and dismissed the charges.1 Mr. Dotson-who had spent ten years in and out of prison and on parole for this conviction-was not the first innocent prisoner to be exonerated and released in America. But his case was a breakthrough nonetheless: he was the first who was cleared by DNA identification technology. It was the beginning of a revolution in the American criminal justice system. Until then, exonerations of falsely convicted defendants were seen as aberrational. Since 1989, these once-rare events have become disturbingly commonplace