Joseph H. Burrows

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Iroquois
City of Crime:	Kankakee
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joseph H. Burrows was a death row inmate and codefendant of Ralph Frye. Burrows and Frye were wrongly convicted of murder and robbery of farmer William Dulan based on the false confession of Frye and the perjured testimony of the actual killer. Joseph Burrows and Frye were released in 1994 based on the confession of the actual killer, Gayle Potter that she alone committed the crime and that she had falsely implicated the two men."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession of Frye and the perjured testimony of the actual killer, Gayle Potter implicating Ralph Frye and Joseph Burrows."
Innocence Proved By:	Confession by the actual killer.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Framing of Joe Burrows, By Barry Siegel (staff), Los Angeles Times, December 18, 1994"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-18/magazine/tm-10434_1_gayle-potter-ralph-frye-death-row
Information Source 2:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 3:	Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern School of Law
Information Location 3:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Burrows.htm
Information Source 4:	NW School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions
Information Location 4:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Burrows.htm
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Joseph H. Burrows

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Iroquois

City of Crime:

Kankakee

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession of Frye and the perjured testimony of the actual killer, Gayle Potter implicating Ralph Frye and Joseph Burrows."

Innocence Proved By:

Confession by the actual killer.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The Framing of Joe Burrows, By Barry Siegel (staff), Los Angeles Times, December 18, 1994"

Information Location 1:

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-18/magazine/tm-10434_1_gayle-potter-ralph-frye-death-row

Information Source 2:

Death Penalty Information Center

Information Location 2:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

Information Source 3:

Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern School of Law

Information Location 3:

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Burrows.htm

Information Source 4:

NW School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions

Information Location 4:

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Burrows.htm

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