Anthony Jakes

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	20.75
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2018
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Anthony Jakes was wrongly convicted of a murder committed in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois. Jakes conviction was based on his confession to Chicago Police Department officers under the supervision of Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Jakes recanted his confession as false and coerced by his police interrogators. After his conviction by a jury Jakes was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Jakes was released on parole in 2013. Bouto filed a post-conviction motion for a new trial based on evidence that officers under Burge had coerced false confessions from suspects. The charges were dismissed against Anthony Jakes on April 30, 2018."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by police interrogators.
Innocence Proved By:	"The charges were dismissed against Anthony Jakes on April 30, 2018."
Defendant Aided By:	The Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School
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Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"2 men wrongly imprisoned as teens have convictions vacated, By Sarah Schulte (Staff reporter), ABC7 (Chicago, IL), April 30, 2018"
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Anthony Jakes

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

20.75

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2018

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by police interrogators.

Innocence Proved By:

"The charges were dismissed against Anthony Jakes on April 30, 2018."

Defendant Aided By:

The Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"2 men wrongly imprisoned as teens have convictions vacated, By Sarah Schulte (Staff reporter), ABC7 (Chicago, IL), April 30, 2018"

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http://abc7chicago.com/2-men-wrongly-imprisoned-as-teens-have-convictions-vacated/3410907/

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