Alan Gell - Wikipedia
WEBJames Alan Gell (born 1974 in North Carolina) is an American who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 and sentenced to death in Bertie County, North Carolina, at the age of 22.
Alan Gell - National Registry of Exonerations - University of …
WEBJul 8, 2019 · Gell was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Gell had been in jail since June 25, after he was caught breaking a house-arrest sentence he’d …
Alan Gell of North Carolina Is Nation's 113th Death Row Exoneree
WEBFeb 18, 2004 · Alan Gell of North Carolina became the nation’s 113th exonerated death row inmate today, February 18, 2004. Gell, who has maintained his innocence since his 1998 conviction, was acquitted of all charges by a jury that deliberated for only two and a half hours at his retrial.
Alan Gell - NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
WEBAt Alan Gell’s 1998 murder trial, the crucial evidence came from two teenage girls. The girls said they watched Alan shoot Allen Ray Jenkins to death in the driveway of Jenkins’ Bertie County home.
Gell defense left in dark - Death Penalty Information Center
WEBDec 10, 2002 · James Alan Gell was 20 at the time of Jenkins’ murder and is 28 now. Born in Columbus County, he moved around a lot as a child. Friends and family remember him as a respectful boy who did chores for neighbors — cutting grass, fixing a mower — but never wanted to be paid.
Chapter 1 : Who killed Allen Ray Jenkins? - Death Penalty …
WEBDec 8, 2002 · Gell was out of state April 4 and 5 on a botched drug-buying trip to Maryland. On April 6, he was jailed for car theft, and he was still behind bars April 14, when a neighbor found Jenkins’ decomposing body.
Following Acquittal of 113th Death Row Inmate, ACLU Calls for ...
WEBFeb 18, 2004 · WASHINGTON - The acquittal of Alan Gell -- the nation's 113th exonerated death row inmate -- is the latest powerful evidence that North Carolina needs a moratorium on executions, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.
Tunnel Vision - North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
WEBAlan Gell was acquitted on retrial because two North Carolina prosecutors failed to present exonerative evidence at his first trial. Such misconduct – while confined to a small minority of prosecutors and police – is increasingly drawing the attention of the news media and courts across the country.
Alan Gell: Former death-row inmate speaks about freedom
WEBOct 2, 2009 · The State Bureau of Investigation has agreed to a $3.9 million settlement with former death row inmate Alan Gell to end his lawsuit accusing the SBI of fabricating evidence and obstructing justice, according to documents made public.
National Briefing | South: North Carolina: Not ... - The New …
WEBFeb 19, 2004 · The man, Alan Gell, 28, left, has spent a decade behind bars in the 1995 killing of Allen R. Jenkins, who was shot in a robbery. Prosecutors who handled Mr. Gell's...
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