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People wrongfully convicted of murder
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The list People wrongfully convicted of murder includes
Amanda Knox, Lindy Chamberlain Creighton, George Stinney, Geronimo Pratt and Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.
The list consists of 115 members
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Amanda Knox
American accused of murder
Overview: Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her conviction for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student who ...Date of birth: 9 July 1987Age: 37Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PersonalityGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm)Partner: Chris Robinson (Married)
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Gerry Conlon
Irishman wrongly convicted of terrorism
Overview: Gerard "Gerry" Conlon (1 March 1954 – 21 June 2014) was a member of the Guildford Four who spent 14 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of being a Provisional IRA bomber.Date of birth: 1 March 1954Date of death: 21 June 2014Age: 60 (age at death)Nationality: Northern IrishOccupation: ActivistGender: Male 0
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Lindy Chamberlain Creighton
Australian wrongly convicted of murder
Overview: Alice Lynne "Lindy" Murchison Chamberlain Creighton, usually known as Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (born 4 March 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian woman who was at the centre of one of Australia's ... 0
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George Stinney
American murderer
Overview: George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944), was an African-American child who was convicted, in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial, of murdering two white girls, ages 7 and ...Date of birth: 21 October 1929Date of death: 16 June 1944Age: 14 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: CriminalGender: Male 0
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Kathleen Folbigg
Australian, Criminal
Overview: Kathleen Megan Folbigg (née Donovan; born 14 June 1967) is an Australian woman who was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of murdering her four infant children. She was pardoned in 2023 after 20 years in jail ... 0
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Geronimo Ji Jaga
political activist
Overview: Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt (September 13, 1947 – June 2, 2011), also known as Geronimo Ji-Jaga and Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt, was a decorated military veteran and a high-ranking member of the Black Panther Party ...Date of birth: 13 September 1947Date of death: 2 June 2011Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Male 0
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Mutulu Skakur
American activist and prisoner (1950–2023)
Overview: Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was an American activist, stepfather of iconic rapper 2pac, and former member of the Black Liberation Army, sentenced to sixty years ...Date of birth: 8 August 1950Date of death: 6 July 2023Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: CriminalGender: Male 0
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Günther Kaufmann
German actor
Overview: Günther Kaufmann (16 June 1947 – 10 May 2012) was a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder directed Kaufmann in a total of 14 films, casting ...Date of birth: 16 June 1947Date of death: 10 May 2012Age: 64 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: SingerGender: MaleHeight: 6' 1" (185 cm) 0
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Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
American, Boxing
Overview: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, until released following a petition of habeas corpus ...Date of birth: 6 May 1937Date of death: 20 April 2014Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: BoxingGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Chipita Rodriguez
American murdererOverview: Josefa "Chipita" Rodriguez (December 30, 1799 – November 13, 1863) was convicted of murder and hanged in San Patricio County, Texas, at the age of 63. She was the first woman to be put to death by the ...Date of birth: 30 December 1799Date of death: 13 November 1863Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanGender: Female 0
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David Camm
American police officer wrongfully convicted of murder (born 1964)
Overview: David Ray Camm (born March 23, 1964) is a former state trooper who was acquitted and released in 2013 after his third trial on charges of murdering his wife, Kimberly, and children, Brad, 7, and Jill ... 0
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Kenneth McGriff
American convicted former drug lord and gangster (born 1960)
Overview: Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born September 19, 1960) is an American convicted former drug lord and gangster from Queens, New York, United States. 0
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Azaria Chamberlain disappearance
Australian victim of animal attack
Overview: Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain (11 June 1980 – 17 August 1980) was an Australian baby girl who was killed by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980 on a family camping trip to Uluru (aka Ayers Rock) ...Date of birth: 11 June 1980Date of death: 17 August 1980Age: 0 (age at death)Nationality: AustralianOccupation: VictimGender: Female 0
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Timothy Evans
British man wrongly convicted of murder
Overview: Timothy John Evans (20 November 1924 – 9 March 1950) was a Welshman accused of murdering his wife and infant daughter at their residence at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London. In January 1950 ...Date of birth: 20 November 1924Date of death: 9 March 1950Age: 25 (age at death)Nationality: WelshGender: Male 0
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Thomas Sophonow
Canadian wrongfully accused of murderOverview: Thomas Sophonow (born March 1953) is a Canadian who was wrongfully convicted of murder and whose case was the subject of a major judicial inquiry. Sophonow was tried three times in the 1981 murder of ...Nationality: Canadian 0
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Dewey Bozella
American boxer
Overview: Dewey Bozella (born 1959) is a former professional boxer who is best known for being imprisoned for a conviction which was eventually overturned. Convicted in 1983 for the murder of an elderly woman, ... 0
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Sally Clark
British, Attorney
Overview: Sally Clark (August 1964 – 15 March 2007) was an English solicitor who, in November 1999, became the victim of a miscarriage of justice when she was found guilty of the murder of her two infant sons ...Date of birth: 1 August 1964Date of death: 15 March 2007Age: 42 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AttorneyGender: Female 0
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Leo Frank
American lynching victim
Overview: Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent who was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. His trial ...Date of birth: 17 April 1884Date of death: 17 August 1915Age: 31 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: BusinessGender: Male 0
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Sakae Menda
Japanese activist
Overview: Sakae Menda (免田栄, Menda Sakae, born November 4, 1925) is a Japanese man who was convicted of a double homicide, in 1948, but was later exonerated by retrial in 1983. This was the first time anyone was ... 0
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Raymond McCartney
Northern Irish politician (born 1954)
Overview: Raymond McCartney (born 29 November 1954) is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).Date of birth: 1 November 1954Age: 69Nationality: Northern IrishOccupation: PoliticianGender: Male 0
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