Edwin Chandler Sr.

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Charge:	Manslaughter and Robbery
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
City of Crime:	Louisville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Edwin Chandler Sr. was wrongly convicted of manslaughter and robbery in the September 1993 shooting death of a female gas station attendent in Louisville, Kentucky by a robber who stole $32. Edwin Chandler lived in the area and the area and he had a warrant out for his arrest on another charge when he was interrogated. He confessed, but later retracted that it was coerced by police threats and they coached him and provided details of the crime. The jury didn't believe Edwin Chandler's alibi was he was watching television with his girlfriend at the time of the crime. Chandler was released on parole in 2002 after 9 years incarceration from the time of his arrest in 1993. In 2004 the Kentucky Innocence Project became involved in Chandler's case. In Octobe 2008 a fingerprint lifted from a bottle of beer left on the gas station counter was reexamined. It didn't match Chandler, but it was matched through the FBI's fingerprint database to repeat offender Percy Phillips. On October 13, 2009 Chander's convictions were vacated with the Louisville police and prosecutor acknowledging he is innocent. The same day Phillips was indicted for the same crimes. Edwin Chandler filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Louisville that was settled for $8.5 million in October 2012."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by the police.
Innocence Proved By:	"On October 13, 2009 Chander's convictions were vacated with the Louisville police and prosecutor acknowledging he is innocent. The actual culprit identified through his fingerprints was indicted on the same day, October 13, 2009."
Defendant Aided By:	Kentucky Innocence Project
Compensation Awarded:	"$8.5 million (City of Louisville, Oct. 2012)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man's conviction set aside in 1993 shooting death, By Jessie Halladay and Jason Riley, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 13, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091013/NEWS01/910130324/1008/NEWS01/Man+s+conviction+set+aside+in+1993+shooting+death
Information Source 2:	"Chief White promises full review of police actions in wrongful conviction, By Jessie Halladay and Jason Riley, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 14, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091014/NEWS01/910140409/Chief+White+promises+full+review+of+police+actions+in+wrongful+conviction
Information Source 3:	"Wrongful convictions in Louisville, By Andrew Wolfson (Staff writer), The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 3, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/03/wrongful-convictions-louisville/16655155/
Information Source 4:	"Chandler Wrongful Conviction, $8,500,000, By Staff, The Simon Law Office"
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Edwin Chandler Sr.

Charge:

Manslaughter and Robbery

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Louisville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by the police.

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 13, 2009 Chander's convictions were vacated with the Louisville police and prosecutor acknowledging he is innocent. The actual culprit identified through his fingerprints was indicted on the same day, October 13, 2009."

Defendant Aided By:

Kentucky Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

"$8.5 million (City of Louisville, Oct. 2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man's conviction set aside in 1993 shooting death, By Jessie Halladay and Jason Riley, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 13, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091013/NEWS01/910130324/1008/NEWS01/Man+s+conviction+set+aside+in+1993+shooting+death

Information Source 2:

"Chief White promises full review of police actions in wrongful conviction, By Jessie Halladay and Jason Riley, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 14, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091014/NEWS01/910140409/Chief+White+promises+full+review+of+police+actions+in+wrongful+conviction

Information Source 3:

"Wrongful convictions in Louisville, By Andrew Wolfson (Staff writer), The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 3, 2014"

Information Location 3:

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/03/wrongful-convictions-louisville/16655155/

Information Source 4:

"Chandler Wrongful Conviction, $8,500,000, By Staff, The Simon Law Office"

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http://www.larrysimonlaw.com/case-results/

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