Gerald Burge

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Louisiana
County or Region of Crime:	St. Tammany
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gerald Burge was wrongly convicted in 1986 of a 1980 murder in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Burge was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Burge filed a post-conviction petition for a new trial based on evidence discovered after trial that multiple prosecution witnesses had falsely testifed at the behest of the investigating police officer. Burge was granted a new trial and he was acquitted after a retrail in 1992. Burge sued the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office and the investigating officer in federal court. The jury awarded Burge $4.3 million, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the award because the jury didn't specify how much was to be paid by the sheriff's office and how much by the officer. The State of Louisiana awarded Burge compensation of $150,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Chief investigating police officer induced multiple witnesses ot commit perjury.
Innocence Proved By:	Burge was acquitted after a retrial in 1992.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$150,000 (State of Louisiana)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Gerald Burge, Innocence Project New Orleans"
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Gerald Burge

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Louisiana

County or Region of Crime:

St. Tammany

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Chief investigating police officer induced multiple witnesses ot commit perjury.

Innocence Proved By:

Burge was acquitted after a retrial in 1992.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$150,000 (State of Louisiana)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Gerald Burge, Innocence Project New Orleans"

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http://www.ip-no.org/exonoree-profile/gerald-burge

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