Wilder Berry

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Charge:	Sexual Assault and Kidnapping
Sentence:	35 years
Years Imprisoned:	8.21
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wilder "Ken" Berry. Wilder Berry was acquitted on February 1, 2000 after his retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous or perjurious testimony by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Wilder Berry was acquitted on February 1, 2000 after his retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Acquitted inmate taking next step, By Maurice Possley (staff reporter), Chicago Tribune, October 17, 2004"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-10-17/news/0410170040_1_winston-strawn-inmate-pardon
Information Source 2:	"Wilder Berry, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 2:	http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3024
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Wilder Berry

Charge:

Sexual Assault and Kidnapping

Sentence:

35 years

Years Imprisoned:

8.21

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Wilder "Ken" Berry. Wilder Berry was acquitted on February 1, 2000 after his retrial."

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous or perjurious testimony by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Wilder Berry was acquitted on February 1, 2000 after his retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Acquitted inmate taking next step, By Maurice Possley (staff reporter), Chicago Tribune, October 17, 2004"

Information Location 1:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-10-17/news/0410170040_1_winston-strawn-inmate-pardon

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"Wilder Berry, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3024

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