LaVale Burt

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	LaVale Burt was wrongful convicted in 1985 of murder based on Burt's false confession to the murder of a two year old boy after an intensive and prolonged interrogation by Chicago police.
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted after a prolonged interrogation by Chicago police.
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Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, p. 292."
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Information Source 2:	NW School of Laws Center on Wrongful Convictions
Information Location 2:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Burt.htm
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LaVale Burt

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

LaVale Burt was wrongful convicted in 1985 of murder based on Burt's false confession to the murder of a two year old boy after an intensive and prolonged interrogation by Chicago police.

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted after a prolonged interrogation by Chicago police.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, p. 292."

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NW School of Laws Center on Wrongful Convictions

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

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