Revell Boss

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Revell Boss and his co-defendant, his brother Randy Boss, were wrongly convicted of a 1993 murder in Chicago Illinois. On August 31, 2001 the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of Randy and Revell Boss on the basis the prosecution had failed to disclose to the Boss' trial lawyers the exculpatory statement of a witness who told polce investigators that she heard Robert McAfee bragging about what he and his friends had done to the victim."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutor withheld exonerating evidence
Innocence Proved By:	"On August 31, 2001 the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of Randy and Revell Boss on the basis the prosecution had failed to disclose to the Boss' trial lawyers the exculpatory statement of a witness who told polce investigators that she heard Robert McAfee bragging about what he and his friends had done to the victim. In February 2002 the State filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court that was denied on May 20, 2002. "
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Boss v Pierce, 263 F3d 734 (7th Cir.2001); 7th Cir. (No. 98-3665, 8/31/01; 69 CLR 624, 9-19-01"
Information Location 1:	https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/263/263.F3d.734.98-3665.html
Information Source 2:	"Convictions of brothers in '93 slaying reversed, By Matt O'Connor and Christi Parsons (Tribune staff reporters), Chicago Tribune, September 1, 2001"
Information Location 2:	http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-01/news/0109010118_1_appeals-court-conviction-gay-lloyd-lott
Information Source 3:	"Guy Pierce and Mark A. Pierson v. Randy Boss and Revell Boss, No. 01-1369, U.S. Supreme Court (Petition by State of Illinois denied on May 20, 2002)"
Information Location 3:	http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docketfiles/01-1369.htm
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Revell Boss

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutor withheld exonerating evidence

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Boss v Pierce, 263 F3d 734 (7th Cir.2001); 7th Cir. (No. 98-3665, 8/31/01; 69 CLR 624, 9-19-01"

Information Location 1:

https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/263/263.F3d.734.98-3665.html

Information Source 2:

"Convictions of brothers in '93 slaying reversed, By Matt O'Connor and Christi Parsons (Tribune staff reporters), Chicago Tribune, September 1, 2001"

Information Location 2:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-09-01/news/0109010118_1_appeals-court-conviction-gay-lloyd-lott

Information Source 3:

"Guy Pierce and Mark A. Pierson v. Randy Boss and Revell Boss, No. 01-1369, U.S. Supreme Court (Petition by State of Illinois denied on May 20, 2002)"

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http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docketfiles/01-1369.htm

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