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Charles Johnson

 

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

21

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Charles Johnson, Larod Styles, LaShawn Ezell and Troshawn McCoy were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1998 of murder related to a double murder in Chicago, Illinois in 1995."

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Cook County prosecutors drop cases against 4 men in 1995 double murder, By Steve Schmadeke (Staff reporter), Chicago Tribune, February 15, 2017"

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-convictions-vacated-cook-county-20170215-story.html

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