LaShawn Jermaine Johnson

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Charge:	Drug related and firearm charges
Sentence:	29 years 5 months
Years Imprisoned:	8.67
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Montana - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Yellowstone
City of Crime:	Billings
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"LaShawn Jermaine Johnson was wrongly convicted on November 29, 2006 of federal drug possession, drug conspiracy, and firearm related charges in Billings, Montana. Johnson's conviction was based on the testimony of a jailhouse informant. LaShawn Johnson was sentenced to 29 year 5 months in prison. Although the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Johnson's conviction on appeal, in July 2011 the Court ordered that he be resentenced, and on remand it was reduced by 5 years to 24 years 5 months in prison. In 2011 Johnson filed a petition for a new trial based on the prosecuton's failure to disclose that the informant was provided with a sentence reduction in exchange for her testimony. In January 2015 the U.S. Attorney's Office admitted that Johnson had not been provided with the information about the informant's deal for a reduced sentence in exchange for her testimony. The U.S. Attorney's motion to vacate Johnson's convictions and dismiss his indictment was granted on February 12, 2015. He was released after 8 years and 8 months in custody."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the prosecution's jailhouse informant who twice told federal agents Johnson was not involved in providing her drugs before she changed her story when promised a sentence reduction.
Innocence Proved By:	"The U.S. Attorney's motion to vacate Johnson's convictions and dismiss his indictment was granted on February 12, 2015."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"LaShawn Johnson, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4643
Information Source 2:	"US v. Johnson, Court of Appeals, No. No. 10-30029 (9th Cir 7-19-2011) (Remanding for resentencing from 353 month sentence following his conviction by a jury.)"
Information Location 2:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=416180119513653944&q=LaShawn+Johnson+cocaine&hl=en&as_sdt=4,72,73,78,79,80,86,88,93,114,129,134,135,141,142,143,149,151,156,258,259,260,261,310,311,321,322,323,324,373,374,383"
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LaShawn Jermaine Johnson

Charge:

Drug related and firearm charges

Sentence:

29 years 5 months

Years Imprisoned:

8.67

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Montana - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Yellowstone

City of Crime:

Billings

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the prosecution's jailhouse informant who twice told federal agents Johnson was not involved in providing her drugs before she changed her story when promised a sentence reduction.

Innocence Proved By:

"The U.S. Attorney's motion to vacate Johnson's convictions and dismiss his indictment was granted on February 12, 2015."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"LaShawn Johnson, The National Registry of Exonerations"

Information Location 1:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4643

Information Source 2:

"US v. Johnson, Court of Appeals, No. No. 10-30029 (9th Cir 7-19-2011) (Remanding for resentencing from 353 month sentence following his conviction by a jury.)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=416180119513653944&q=LaShawn+Johnson+cocaine&hl=en&as_sdt=4,72,73,78,79,80,86,88,93,114,129,134,135,141,142,143,149,151,156,258,259,260,261,310,311,321,322,323,324,373,374,383"

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