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or two years as a result of DNA .
A bill in Massachusetts was just passed allowing them to be compensated for their
wrongful convictions, although some of those men suffered so much, while in prison due
to the false charges, that they have shut themselves out to the world since their release.
Money, however, cannot bring back the lost and painful years of incarcerations of
wrongfully convicted, or any prisoner for that matter.
Published for Leonna Brandao @ ramjole@juno.com
The Exonerated: Massachusetts
Massachusetts Wrongfully Convicted
Following the names in parenthesis are the year of arrest, year of exoneration (or year of
release if it occurred before the exoneration), the principal crime charged, and the
sentence:
Christian Amado (1980, 1982, Murder, Life)
Gangi Cero (1927, 1930, Murder, Death)
John H. Chance (1898, 1911, Murder, Life)
Ulysses Rodriguez Charles (1980, 2001, Rape, Life)
John Chesterman (1885, 1886, Larceny)
Benjamin Collins (1928, 1928, Robbery, 3 Years)
Ella Mae Ellison (1974, 1978, Murder, Life)
Frank Grace (1974, 1985, Murder, Life)
Louis Greco (1965, 1985, Murder, Life)
Christopher Harding (1989, 1995, Attempt Murder, 12 Years)
Angel Hernandez (1987, 2001, Aggravated Rape, 12-18 Years)
Christinia Hill (1990, 1991, Murder, Youth Commitment)
Donnell Johnson (1994, 2000, Murder, 18-20 Years/Youth Commitment)
Lawyer Johnson (1971, 1982, Murder, Death)
Bobby Joe Leaster (1970, 1986, Murder, Life)
Peter Limone (1965, 2001, Murder, Life)
Dennis Maher (1983, 2003, Rape, Life)
John McManus (1911, 1912, Robbery, 3 Years)
Neil Miller (1989, 2000, Rape, 25 Years)
Marvin Mitchell (1989, 1997, Rape, 25 Years)
Marlon Passley (1995, 2000, Murder, Life)
George A. Reissfelder (1966, 1982, Murder, Life)
Santos Rodriguez (1954, 1957, Murder, Life)
Joseph Salvati (1965, 2001, Murder, Life)
Louis Santos (1983, 1988, Murder, Life)
Eric Sarsfield (1987, 2000, Rape, 10 Years)
Harold Sullivan (1985, 1989, Murder, Life)
Henry Tameleo (1965, 1985, Murder, Life)
Peter Vaughn (1983, 19xx, Armed Robbery, xx)
Joseph Ward (1895, 1896, Robbery, 5 Years)
Kenneth Waters (1982, 2001, Murder, Life)
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/MassachusettList.htm