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Willie Earl Green

Years Imprisoned:	25
Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2008
Location of Trial:	California
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Wronly convicted of a 1983 murder in 1984. Willie Green's conviction was based on the testimony of one eyewitness. Green was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison. Centurion Ministries accepted Green's case, and in 2004 the witness admitted he was high on crack cocaine at the time of the murder and he didn't know who committed the crime, but he was pressured by police to identify Green. Green filed a motion to vacate his conviction and for a new trial based on the recanted identification. On March 20, 2008 the murder charge was dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and Green was released after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment.
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness testimony by a witness who later recanted, saying he had bene pressured by the LAPD to identify Willie Green.
Innocence Proved By:	On March 20, 2008 the murder charge was dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and Green was released after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	56
Information Source 1:	Freed after 25 years, former inmate rejoices, By Jack Leonard and Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008
Information Location 1:	http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-green21mar21,1,6096322.story
Information Source 2:	His testimony convicted -- and could set free, By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2008
Information Location 2:	http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-recant22feb22,0,589749.story
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Ethnicity/Skin:	Black
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Willie Earl Green

Years Imprisoned:

25

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2008

Location of Trial:

California

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness testimony by a witness who later recanted, saying he had bene pressured by the LAPD to identify Willie Green.

Innocence Proved By:

On March 20, 2008 the murder charge was dismissed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and Green was released after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

56

Information Source 1:

Freed after 25 years, former inmate rejoices, By Jack Leonard and Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2008

Information Location 1:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-green21mar21,1,6096322.story

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His testimony convicted -- and could set free, By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2008

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-recant22feb22,0,589749.story

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Ethnicity/Skin:

Black

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