Douglas DiLosa

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	17
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Louisiana
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Douglas DiLosa was wrongly convicted in 1987 of his wife's murder in 1986 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. After his conviction for second-degree murder he was sentenced to life in prison. Five years after his conviction DiLosa filed a public records request with the prosecutor's office for records in his case. He was provided with a 150-page police report that hadn't been disclosed to his trial lawyers. Based on the exculpatory evidence in the concealed police report DiLosa filed a post-conviction petition for a new trial. After Louisiana's state court's denied his petition DiLosa filed a federal habeas petition that was granted in 2001. In 2003 the State decided not to retry DiLosa and his charges were dismissed and he was released. DiLosa was awarded compensation of $329,000 by the State of Louisiana."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution failed to disclose an exculpatory 150-page police report.
Innocence Proved By:	"DiLosa's federal habeas petition was granted in 2001, and in 2003 the State decided not to retry DiLosa and his charges were dismissed and he was released."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorney Mike Fawer
Compensation Awarded:	"$329,000 (State of Louisiana)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Douglas DiLosa, Innocence Project New Orleans, January 1, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ip-no.org/exonoree-profile/douglas-dilosa
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Douglas DiLosa

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

17

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Louisiana

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution failed to disclose an exculpatory 150-page police report.

Innocence Proved By:

"DiLosa's federal habeas petition was granted in 2001, and in 2003 the State decided not to retry DiLosa and his charges were dismissed and he was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Attorney Mike Fawer

Compensation Awarded:

"$329,000 (State of Louisiana)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Douglas DiLosa, Innocence Project New Orleans, January 1, 2003"

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http://www.ip-no.org/exonoree-profile/douglas-dilosa

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