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James Alan Gell, from North Carolina, United States, is an American former death row inmate who was sentenced to death for and later exonerated of the crime of first degree murder. He was freed from death row when it was determined that the prosecution had withheld significant exculpatory evidence and impeachment evidence. ==The murder== Allen Ray Jenkins, age 56, was found dead on April 14, 1995 in his home in Aulander, North Carolina. He had been shot twice in the chest with a shotgun. In the days and weeks after the murder, the police talked to several disinterested witnesses who said they had seen Jenkins alive as late as April 10.〔(newsobserver.com | Convicted killer takes stand )〕 Jenkins' brother, Sidney Jenkins, as well as his neighbor, Mary Hunt, recalled seeing him on April 8, 1995. Edward and Margaret Adams reported seeing Jenkins on April 9, 1995 while out for a walk. Jenkins was seen in Ahoskie on April 10 by a former coworker, a restaurant waitress, and a man who said he sold a dozen herring to Jenkins on that date.〔 Despite this testimony, police officials settled on a theory that Jenkins was killed on April 3, 1995; it was the last date on which it could possibly have been Alan Gell who killed Jenkins, since Gell was out of state or jailed for car theft on all other days between April 3 and April 14.〔 In the first case, the state of North Carolina had two witnesses: Gell's girlfriend at the time, Shanna Hall, and Crystal Morris, who were both fifteen.〔〔 Both testified that they saw Gell shooting Jenkins with a shotgun on April 3. The girls testified that Hall had called Gell, requesting that Gell come to Jenkins' house to help Hall and Morris rob Jenkins. When the police came to question them, Hall and Morris showed officers where Gell had allegedly hidden the guns. During the trial both girls were offered a plea bargain. Pleading guilty to second degree murder, they would both receive 10 years in prison.〔 Gell was indicted August 7, 1995 on charges of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. He was sentenced to death by Bertie County, Superior Court for the crime of first degree murder later that same year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Gell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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