Daniel Anderson

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Charge:	Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	27
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Daniel Anderson was wrongly convicted in 1982 of murder in the death of 20-year-old Cathy Trunko in Chicago in 1980. Anderson's prosecutino was based on his confession after intense interrogation by Chicago Police Dept. officers. Post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence excluded Anderson. His conviction was overturned, and he was released from prison in 2007. He was subsequently granted a certificate of innocence. Anderson filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Chicago PD, and a group of current and former Chicago PD officers. On June 8, 2021 a jury awarded Anderson $7.5 million."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$7.5 million (City of Chicago, 6-8-2021)"
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Information Source 1:	"Jury Awards $7.5M to Man Cleared of Murder Decades Later, By Associated Press, USNews.com, June 8, 2021"
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Daniel Anderson

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

27

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

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Compensation Awarded:

"$7.5 million (City of Chicago, 6-8-2021)"

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"Jury Awards $7.5M to Man Cleared of Murder Decades Later, By Associated Press, USNews.com, June 8, 2021"

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https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2021-06-08/jury-awards-75m-to-man-cleared-of-murder-decades-later

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