Christopher Allen

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	144 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	St. Joseph
City of Crime:	South Bend
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Christopher Allen was wrongly convicted in 2002 of the triple-murder of three former co-workers at an Osco store in South Bend, Indiana in 1990. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"The St. Joseph County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges against Christopher Allen was granted on December 20, 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex-store manager sentenced to 144 years for triple murder, By Staff, Accesswdun.com, January 10, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://accesswdun.com/article/2003/1/185758
Information Source 2:	"No Fourth Trial for Allen in Osco Murders, By Mark Peterson, WNDU.com, December 20, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/4971976.html
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Christopher Allen

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

144 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

St. Joseph

City of Crime:

South Bend

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Christopher Allen was wrongly convicted in 2002 of the triple-murder of three former co-workers at an Osco store in South Bend, Indiana in 1990. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"The St. Joseph County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges against Christopher Allen was granted on December 20, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex-store manager sentenced to 144 years for triple murder, By Staff, Accesswdun.com, January 10, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://accesswdun.com/article/2003/1/185758

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"No Fourth Trial for Allen in Osco Murders, By Mark Peterson, WNDU.com, December 20, 2006"

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http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/4971976.html

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