Andre Davis

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	31.9
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Champaign
City of Crime:	Rantoul
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Andre Davis was wrongly convicted in 1981 of the August 8, 1980 murder of a three-year-old girl in Rantoul, Illinois. Davis was sentenced to life in prison. In 1982 the Illinois Court of Appeals overturned Davis' conviction and sentence. He was retried in June 1983 and again convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In 2004 DNA tests unavailable at the time of Davis' trial excluded him as the source of either of the two DNA profiles identified from blood and semen evidence. One DNA profile was matched to Maurice Tucker, who was then living in Minnesota. In July 2006 Davis' lawyer filed a motion to vacate his conviction based on the new DNA evidence. The prosecution opposed the motion that was denied in February 2011 on the basis that the new evidence “did not undermine confidence in the outcome” of the trial, since Davis could have been an accomplice with Tucker and failed to ejaculate. On March 5, 2012 the Illinois Court of Appeals reversed the denial of Davis' petition and ordered a new trial. The charges were dismissed on July 6, 2012 and Davis was released are almost 32 years in prison."
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Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man whose murder conviction overturned being released, The News-Gazette, July 6, 2012"
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Andre Davis

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

31.9

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Champaign

City of Crime:

Rantoul

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 5, 2012 the Illinois Court of Appeals reversed the denial of Davis' petition and ordered a new trial. The charges were dismissed on July 6, 2012 and Davis was released are almost 32 years in prison."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Man whose murder conviction overturned being released, The News-Gazette, July 6, 2012"

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http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2012-07-06/man-whose-murder-conviction-overturned-being-released.html

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