Eric Caine

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Charge:	Murder and Burglary
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	25.2
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Eric Caine and Aaron Patterson were co-defendants wrongly convicted of murdering a husband and wife in Chicago in 1986. The prosecution of both men was based on their false confessions extracted by Chicago police using torture techniques. Patterson was tortured by placing a plastic bag over his head. After their convictions by separate juries Patterson was sentenced to death, and Caine was sentenced to life in prison. The convictions of both men came under review based on new evidence that Chicago PD Commander Burge and his subordinates routinely used torture to extract false confessions. Aaron Patterson was pardoned by Illinois Governor George Ryan on Jan. 10, 2003, after spending 15 years on Illinois' death row. Caine's convictions were overturned and his charges dismissed on March 16, 2011. Patterson was awarded $161,578 in compensation by the State of Illinois in 2003. In 2007 Patterson settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago for $5 million. Caine settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago in July 2013 for $10 million. Caine filed a wrongful imprisonment compensation claim with the State of Illinois, and he was awarded $208,800."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession tortured out of him and his codefendant Aaron Patterson.
Innocence Proved By:
Defendant Aided By:	Criminal case aided by Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago’s School of Law. Represented in civil lawsuit by Chicago based law firm of Loevy & Loevy.
Compensation Awarded:	"$10,208,800 total. $10 million (City of Chicago, July 2013) and $208,800 (State of Illinois)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man exonerated of 2 Chicago murders charged with battery, By Associated Press, Fox2Now.com (Chicago), March 31, 2016"
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Eric Caine

Charge:

Murder and Burglary

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

25.2

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession tortured out of him and his codefendant Aaron Patterson.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal case aided by Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago’s School of Law. Represented in civil lawsuit by Chicago based law firm of Loevy & Loevy.

Compensation Awarded:

"$10,208,800 total. $10 million (City of Chicago, July 2013) and $208,800 (State of Illinois)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Man exonerated of 2 Chicago murders charged with battery, By Associated Press, Fox2Now.com (Chicago), March 31, 2016"

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http://fox2now.com/2016/03/31/man-exonerated-of-2-chicago-murders-charged-with-battery/

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