Stanley Howard

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	16
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Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Stanley Howard was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death after being tortured into a false confession by police who suffocated him by placing a plastic typewriter cover over his head, kicked and punched him, and held him incommunicado in an interrogation room for 43 hours. Stanley Howard was pardoned by IL Gov. George Ryan on Jan. 10, 2003, after spending 15 years on Illinois' death row."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Illinois Governor George Ryan Pardoned Four Innocent Men Condemned to Death ON January 10, 2003, and the Next Day He Cleared Illinois' Death Row, Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 9, pg. 25-30."
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Stanley Howard

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

16

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Illinois Governor George Ryan Pardoned Four Innocent Men Condemned to Death ON January 10, 2003, and the Next Day He Cleared Illinois' Death Row, Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 9, pg. 25-30."

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http://www.justicedenied.org/governorryan.htm

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