John Button (campaigner)

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John Button is a resident of Western Australia, who wrongfully spent 5 years in prison for manslaughter. He was charged and convicted despite notorious serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke confessing to the murder on the death row.

Button, was sentenced to 10 years in 1963 for the manslaughter of his girlfriend. He was imprisoned in Fremantle Prison along with Cooke. After 39 years, the Court of Criminal Appeal quahsed his conviction in 2002 after evidence proved that Cooke was most likely the culprit.

Button now spearheads the Western Australian Innocence Project which aims to get the wrongfully convicted out of jail.

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• Article from "The Australian"