Dante Allen

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Charge:	Kidnapping and Assault
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Hamilton
City of Crime:	Cincinnati
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Dante Allen was wrongly convicted on December 3, 2005 of with felonious assault, kidnapping, inducing panic and disturbing public service, based on a June 2005, incident on a Cincinnati, Ohio city bus. Allen's co-defendant admitted being involved, but he insisted that Allen had not been on the bus and had nothing to do with it. Five days after Dante Allen's conviction he was released on bail pending dismissal of the charges after the police obtained information that Allen's co-defendant had been telling the truth. Allen had been mistaken for the actual youth involved in the incident."
Conviction Caused By:	Mistaken eyewitness identification
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit identified and arrested.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	17
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Wrongly convicted boy, 17, is freed," by Sharon Coolidge, 'The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 9, 2005.."
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Information Source 2:	"Two teens convicted in bus-takeover case," by Sharon Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 2, 2005."
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Dante Allen

Charge:

Kidnapping and Assault

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Hamilton

City of Crime:

Cincinnati

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Mistaken eyewitness identification

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit identified and arrested.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

17

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"“Wrongly convicted boy, 17, is freed," by Sharon Coolidge, 'The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 9, 2005.."

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"Two teens convicted in bus-takeover case," by Sharon Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 2, 2005."

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