Xavier Catron

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	35 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2000
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:	"Xavier Catron was wrongly convicted in 1993 of the murder of a 16 year old on Chicago's south side based on the testimony of three "eyewitnesses" who later swore under oath they were coerced by Chicago police to perjury themselves and falsely identify Catron. The three witnesses recanted and Catron eventually won a new trial, and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office dropped the charges against him in 2000."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjured testimony of three "eyewitnesses" coerced into falsely testifying by Chicago police."
Innocence Proved By:	Recantation by the three witnesses that they hadn't actually seen Catron commit the murder.
Defendant Aided By:	"Rick Strasser, WGN-TV Chicago jounalist who began looking into Catron's case after receiving a letter from him saying he'd been wrongly convicted."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Northwestern School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions database
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Xavier Catron

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

35 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2000

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:

"Perjured testimony of three "eyewitnesses" coerced into falsely testifying by Chicago police."

Innocence Proved By:

Recantation by the three witnesses that they hadn't actually seen Catron commit the murder.

Defendant Aided By:

"Rick Strasser, WGN-TV Chicago jounalist who began looking into Catron's case after receiving a letter from him saying he'd been wrongly convicted."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Northwestern School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions database

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

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