Joseph A. Awe

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Charge:	Arson
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.83
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Marquette
City of Crime:	Harrisville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Awe was wrongly convicted of arson in 2007 for the burning of the bar he co-owed with his wife, J.J.’s Pub in Harrisville, Wisconsin on September 11, 2006. "
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"Awe's conviction was overturned in March 2013 and he was released from Wisconsin's Oregon Correctional Center on March 25, 2013."
Defendant Aided By:	"Wisconsin State Journal (newspaper) "Burning Questions" 2011 series of articles exposing inconsistencies in Awe's case."
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	40
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Friendship man, wrongfully convicted of arson, reaches settlement with insurance company, By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, July 23, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/friendship-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-arson-reaches-settlement-with-insurance/article_a19c6167-df3a-51e5-bc38-961d15d773b1.html
Information Source 2:	"After 6-year ordeal and nearly 3 years in prison, Joseph Awe is a free man, By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, March 26, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/after--year-ordeal-and-nearly-years-in-prison-joseph/article_551cb39c-9583-11e2-bf21-0019bb2963f4.html
Information Source 3:	""Burning Questions" series of articles about Joseph Awe's case published in the Wisconsin State Journal from May to October 2011"
Information Location 3:	http://host.madison.com/search/?sForm=false&sHeading=Burning+Questions+series&s=start_time&sd=desc&k[]=%22burning+questions%22&f=html
Information Source 4:	"State v. Awe, No. No. 2009AP633-CR.(Wis. Ct of Appeals, 4th Dist., 3-4-2010) (Affirming conviction)"
Information Location 4:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4458940375971478579&q=%22joseph+awe%22&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
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Joseph A. Awe

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.83

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Marquette

City of Crime:

Harrisville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Joseph Awe was wrongly convicted of arson in 2007 for the burning of the bar he co-owed with his wife, J.J.’s Pub in Harrisville, Wisconsin on September 11, 2006. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Awe's conviction was overturned in March 2013 and he was released from Wisconsin's Oregon Correctional Center on March 25, 2013."

Defendant Aided By:

"Wisconsin State Journal (newspaper) "Burning Questions" 2011 series of articles exposing inconsistencies in Awe's case."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

40

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Friendship man, wrongfully convicted of arson, reaches settlement with insurance company, By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, July 23, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/friendship-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-arson-reaches-settlement-with-insurance/article_a19c6167-df3a-51e5-bc38-961d15d773b1.html

Information Source 2:

"After 6-year ordeal and nearly 3 years in prison, Joseph Awe is a free man, By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, March 26, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/after--year-ordeal-and-nearly-years-in-prison-joseph/article_551cb39c-9583-11e2-bf21-0019bb2963f4.html

Information Source 3:

""Burning Questions" series of articles about Joseph Awe's case published in the Wisconsin State Journal from May to October 2011"

Information Location 3:

http://host.madison.com/search/?sForm=false&sHeading=Burning+Questions+series&s=start_time&sd=desc&k[]=%22burning+questions%22&f=html

Information Source 4:

"State v. Awe, No. No. 2009AP633-CR.(Wis. Ct of Appeals, 4th Dist., 3-4-2010) (Affirming conviction)"

Information Location 4:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4458940375971478579&q=%22joseph+awe%22&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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