Richard Johnson

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Charge:	Rape and Robbery (including burglary)
Sentence:	36 years
Years Imprisoned:	4.33
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Richard Johnson was exonerated of a 1990 sexual assault by DNA testing that proved the victim's eyewitness testimony was erroneous. The same judge who had found Richard Johnson guilty after a bench trial reversed his conviction in Dec. 1995. Centurion Ministries conducted the investigation, and paid for the DNA tests that exonerated Mr. Johnson."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error.
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""DNA Results Free Man on Bond in 1990 Rape Case," Daniel Lehmann (staff), The Chicago Sun Times, Dec. 6, 1995."
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Richard Johnson

Charge:

Rape and Robbery (including burglary)

Sentence:

36 years

Years Imprisoned:

4.33

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error.

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

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http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

Information Source 2:

""DNA Results Free Man on Bond in 1990 Rape Case," Daniel Lehmann (staff), The Chicago Sun Times, Dec. 6, 1995."

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Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=34

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