Lee Arthur Hester

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	55 years
Years Imprisoned:	11.3
Year Crime:	1961
Year Convicted:	1961
Year Cleared:	2019
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Lee Arthur Hester was wrongly convicted on October 9, 1961 of murder in the stabbing death of 45-year-old Josephine Keane in Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1961. Hester was a 14 year old student at the school where Keane was a teacher. Lee Hester was prosecuted based on his confession, "
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Defendant Aided By:	Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit
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Age When Imprisoned:	14
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Lee Arthur Hester, National Registry of Exonerations"
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Lee Arthur Hester

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

55 years

Years Imprisoned:

11.3

Year Crime:

1961

Year Convicted:

1961

Year Cleared:

2019

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Lee Arthur Hester was wrongly convicted on October 9, 1961 of murder in the stabbing death of 45-year-old Josephine Keane in Chicago, Illinois on April 20, 1961. Hester was a 14 year old student at the school where Keane was a teacher. Lee Hester was prosecuted based on his confession, "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

14

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Lee Arthur Hester, National Registry of Exonerations"

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file:///C:/Hans/Innocents%20database/national%20registry%20of%20exonerations/website%20mirror%201-28-2020/Website%20mirror%201-28-2020/www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetaila2d5-3.html?caseid=5586

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