Exoneree Database | John Sydney Smith

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Burns, Joshua

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

9

SDH OLD/HYDROCEPHALUS

Reason for exoneration:

Allan, Derrick

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

17

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Witt, Drayton

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

10

EPILEPTIC DISORDER

Reason for exoneration:

Briggs, Brandy

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

6

SEPSIS/ANOXIA

Reason for exoneration:

Jimenez, Rosa

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

16

ACCIDENTAL CHOKING

Reason for exoneration:

Sherrett-Robinson, Sherry

Country:

Canada

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1

SIDS

Reason for exoneration:

Brant, Richard

Country:

Canada

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

0.5

FALSE/MISLEADING EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Ralston, Sean

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

FALSE/MISLEADING EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Hill, Genesis

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

28

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Johnson, Zavion

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

17

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Miller, Tonia

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

19

PNEUMONIA/SEPSIS

Reason for exoneration:

Griffin, Michael

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

13

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Butler, Sabrina

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

5

KIDNEY DISEASE

Reason for exoneration:

Peel, John

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Sharif, Haim

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

29

VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY

Reason for exoneration:

Butts, Alan

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

18

NOT DETERMINED

Reason for exoneration:

Thomas, Adrian

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

5

PNEUMONIA/SEPSIS

Reason for exoneration:

Harris, Lorraine

Country:

UK

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Debelbot, Albert

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

11

PRE-NATAL BRAIN DAMAGE

Reason for exoneration:

Krukowski, Dane*

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3.2

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Tiscareno, Abigail

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

0

OLD BLEEDING INTO BRAIN

Reason for exoneration:

Lewis, Richard

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2

Claim that he failed to stop Hepburns assault of the child were dismissed

Reason for exoneration:

Council, Gregory

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Lyman, Christopher

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

8

SEVERE LUNG INFECTION

Reason for exoneration:

Debelbot, Ashley

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

11

PRE-NATAL BRAIN DAMAGE

Reason for exoneration:

Blackett, O'Neil

Country:

Canada

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

4.5

FALSE EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Lehmer, Joel

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1

SIDS

Reason for exoneration:

Brafford, Shiloh

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

8

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Edmunds, Audrey

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

12

COERSED CONFESSION

Reason for exoneration:

Hockersmith, Letha Jean

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

5

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Ware, Melonie

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA

Reason for exoneration:

Kumar, Dinesh

Country:

Canada

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

0.25

UNEXPLAINED/NATURAL

Reason for exoneration:

Jones , Clifton

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

15

FALL/MEDICAL

Reason for exoneration:

Folbigg, Kathleen

Country:

Australia

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

20

GENETIC DISORDERS

Reason for exoneration:

Epps, Derick

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

6

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Lopez, Ernie

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

8

CLOTTING DISORDER

Reason for exoneration:

Gimenez, Alan

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

23

CLOTTING DISORDER

Reason for exoneration:

Fero, Heidi

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

10

SISTER CAUSED THE HEAD TRAUMA

Reason for exoneration:

Greer, Rashawn

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

INADEQUATE DEFENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Jones III, Clarence

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

22

CLOTTING DISORDER

Reason for exoneration:

Deanda, Cesar

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

13

UNEXPLAINED/NATURAL

Reason for exoneration:

Hepburn, Ashley

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2.75

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Voss, Kristal

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

13

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Lucio, Melissa

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

17

Reason for exoneration:

M.M,

Country:

Sweden

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1.3

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Brown, LeeVester

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

12

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Caesor, Terry

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

6

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Baxter, Nicholas

Country:

Australia

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Anthony, Donna

Country:

UK

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

6

Reason for exoneration:

Canning, Angela

Country:

UK

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

1.7

SIDS

Reason for exoneration:

Wilkes, Robert

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

9

PRIOR BRAIN PATHOLOGY

Reason for exoneration:

Engberg-Lehmer, Teresa

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1

SIDS. AHT CLAIMED BUT NO TRIAD

Reason for exoneration:

McCarthy, Aisling

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2

SBS DISCREDITED BEFORE TRIAL

Reason for exoneration:

Faulder, Michael

Country:

UK

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2.5

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Smith, Shirley

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

9

INFECTION

Reason for exoneration:

Allison, Clayton

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

NO

Reason for exoneration:

Eskew, Jasmine

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

PATHOLOGY REFUTED

Reason for exoneration:

Klamo, Tomas

Country:

Australia

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1

PRIOR SDH

Reason for exoneration:

Brandon, Christopher

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

5

FALSE/MISLEADING EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Hansen, Michael

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

5

FALSE/MISLEADING EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Consaul, Daniel

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

6.5

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Hales, Warren

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

INADEQUATE DEFENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Henderson, Cathy

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

20

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Stallings, Patricia

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

2

METABOLIC

Reason for exoneration:

Finner, Lance

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

0.75

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

Reason for exoneration:

Yurko, Alan

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

6.5

INFECTION/ENCEPHALOPATHY

Reason for exoneration:

Morings, Claud

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

7

FALSE/MISLEADING EVIDENCE

Reason for exoneration:

Brumfield, Amanda

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

8.5

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Baumer, Julie

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

5

STROKE

Reason for exoneration:

Medrano-Cambara, Keny

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES BUT AQUITTED AT TRIAL RATHER THAN EXONERATED AFTER INITIAL GUILTY VERDICT

Years incarcerated:

1.3

PRE-EXISTING BRAIN DAMAGE

Reason for exoneration:

Stevens, Codie Lynn

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3.2

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Valez, Manual

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

9

FALL/OLD SUBDURAL

Reason for exoneration:

Crawford, Rodricus

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

5

PNEUMONIA/SEPSIS

Reason for exoneration:

Brown, Shawn

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

11

SDH WAS OLD

Reason for exoneration:

Clark, Sally

Country:

UK

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

4

SEPSIS

Reason for exoneration:

Matchim, Colin

Country:

Canada

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

1

BLEED/STROKE

Reason for exoneration:

Dodrill, Christopher

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2.5

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Roark, Andrew

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

12

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Johnson, Suzanne

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

21

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Hoover-Moore, Kim

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

18

OLD SDH

Reason for exoneration:

Del Prete, Jennifer

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

9

SBS DISCREDITED

Reason for exoneration:

Mendez, Maria

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

11

FALL

Reason for exoneration:

Benevides , Vincente

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

NO

Years incarcerated:

25

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT

Reason for exoneration:

Weaver, Mary

Country:

USA

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

3

FALL/PRIOR HEAD INJURY

Reason for exoneration:

Yamauchi , Yasuko

Country:

Japan

SBS/AHT case:

YES

Years incarcerated:

2

STROKE

Reason for exoneration:

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