Walter Derrico

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Years Imprisoned:	3.5
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	East Cleveland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Walter Derrico was wrongly convicted of a drug charge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio based on evidence provided by corrupt East Cleveland, Ohio police officers who planted evidence, obtained search warrants with false statements, and stole money from people they arrested. The three officers, Sgt. Torris Moore and detectives Antonio Malone and Eric Jones, each pled guilty to federal corruption-related crimes in 2015. Moore was ringleader of the scheme, and he was sentenced to nine years in federal prison. In December 2016 the Cuyahoga County District Attorney filed a motion to dismiss the cases of 40 defendants whose convictions were based on tainted evidence by the corrupt officers. As of April 2017, 43 defendants whose convictions were based on evidence provided by the three corrupt East Cleveland Police Officers had been exonerated. On April 22, 2017 Derrico filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that asserted violations of his civil rights, conspiracy, terrorism, and treason by the defendants, who were named as: Officers Moore, Malone, Jones, the city of East Cleveland, and the State of Ohio."
Conviction Caused By:	"Corrupt East Cleveland, Ohio police officers."
Innocence Proved By:	In December 2016 the Cuyahoga County District Attorney filed a motion to dismiss the cases of 40 defendants whose convictions were based on tainted evidence by the corrupt officers.
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	33
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Corrupt East Cleveland police officers fabricated drug charges, stole money from man, lawsuit says, By Eric Heisig, Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 25, 2017"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/04/corrupt_east_cleveland_police.html
Information Source 2:	"Cuyahoga County prosecutors move to vacate 40 cases brought by crooked East Cleveland cops, By Eric Heisig, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 14, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2016/12/cuyahoga_county_prosecutors_mo.html
Information Source 3:	"Derrico v. Moore, et al No. 1:2017cv00866 (USDC ND Ohio) (42 USC 1983 complaint filed 4-22-2017)"
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Walter Derrico

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

3.5

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

East Cleveland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Corrupt East Cleveland, Ohio police officers."

Innocence Proved By:

In December 2016 the Cuyahoga County District Attorney filed a motion to dismiss the cases of 40 defendants whose convictions were based on tainted evidence by the corrupt officers.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Corrupt East Cleveland police officers fabricated drug charges, stole money from man, lawsuit says, By Eric Heisig, Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 25, 2017"

Information Location 1:

http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/04/corrupt_east_cleveland_police.html

Information Source 2:

"Cuyahoga County prosecutors move to vacate 40 cases brought by crooked East Cleveland cops, By Eric Heisig, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 14, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2016/12/cuyahoga_county_prosecutors_mo.html

Information Source 3:

"Derrico v. Moore, et al No. 1:2017cv00866 (USDC ND Ohio) (42 USC 1983 complaint filed 4-22-2017)"

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