Christopher Boots

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8.5
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Lane
City of Crime:	Springfield
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Christopher Boots and Eric Proctor were co-defendants wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Both men were framed by Springfield, Oregon police in retaliation for filing a wrongful imprisonment suit for being falsely accused of the murder of a 7-11 clerk, which crime they were then charged with and convicted of committing. Proctor and Boots were exonerated by the real killer's confession in a recorded conversation with a police informant that was corroborated by DNA from crime scene evidence that matched him. The men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Springfield and several police officers, that was settled for a payment of $1 million to each man."
Conviction Caused By:	Police perjury and falsified tests of physical evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	Proctor and Boots were exonerated by the real killer's confession in a recorded conversation with a police informant that was corroborated by DNA from crime scene evidence that matched him.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$1 million (City of Springfield, May 1998)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“2 wrongly imprisoned settle for $2 million,” Ashbel S. Green and Janet Filips, (staff writers) The Oregonian, Portland, OR, May 8, 1998, pp. A1, A13."
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Christopher Boots

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8.5

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Lane

City of Crime:

Springfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police perjury and falsified tests of physical evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Proctor and Boots were exonerated by the real killer's confession in a recorded conversation with a police informant that was corroborated by DNA from crime scene evidence that matched him.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$1 million (City of Springfield, May 1998)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“2 wrongly imprisoned settle for $2 million,” Ashbel S. Green and Janet Filips, (staff writers) The Oregonian, Portland, OR, May 8, 1998, pp. A1, A13."

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""The Great Plague," Hans Sherrer, 2002"

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