Calvin Crawford Johnson Jr.

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Charge:	Rape and Burglary
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	16.33
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Clayton
City of Crime:	College Park
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Calvin Crawford Johnson Jr. was was wrongly convicted in 1983 for the rape and burglary of a woman in Collega Park, Georgia. After his conviction by a jury, based on the woman's eyewitness identification, Calvin Johnson was sentenced to life in prison. Johnson said during his sentencing: ""With God as my witness, I have been falsely accused of these crimes. I'm an innocent man, and I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that the truth will eventually be brought out." Sixteen years later, with the help of the Innocence Project in New York, he was exonerated of the crime by post-conviction testing of DNA crime scene evidence that excluded him as the woman's assailant. On May 1, 2000 Georgia's governor signed a bill passed by the Georgia legislature awarding Calvin Johnson $500,000 in compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	Mistaken eyewitness identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence excluded Johnson as the woman's assailant..
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$500,000 (State of Georgia, May 1, 2000)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	""DNA test clears man of '83 rape 16 years later," Bill Montgomery and Gabriella Bostont (AP writers), "
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/calvinjohnson.htm
Information Source 2:	"HR 1053 - Johnson, Calvin C., Jr.; compensate, Georgia House of Representatives (Bill introduced 2-16-2000 awarding Calvin Johnson $500,000 compensation. Signed by governor 5-1-2000)"
Information Location 2:	http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19992000/leg/fulltext/hr1053.htm
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Book About Case:	""Exit To Freedom" by Calvin Johnson and Dr. Greg Hampikian (University of Georgia Press, 2003)"
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Calvin Crawford Johnson Jr.

Charge:

Rape and Burglary

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

16.33

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Clayton

City of Crime:

College Park

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Mistaken eyewitness identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing of crime scene evidence excluded Johnson as the woman's assailant..

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$500,000 (State of Georgia, May 1, 2000)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

""DNA test clears man of '83 rape 16 years later," Bill Montgomery and Gabriella Bostont (AP writers), "

Information Location 1:

http://www.truthinjustice.org/calvinjohnson.htm

Information Source 2:

"HR 1053 - Johnson, Calvin C., Jr.; compensate, Georgia House of Representatives (Bill introduced 2-16-2000 awarding Calvin Johnson $500,000 compensation. Signed by governor 5-1-2000)"

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http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19992000/leg/fulltext/hr1053.htm

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Book About Case:

""Exit To Freedom" by Calvin Johnson and Dr. Greg Hampikian (University of Georgia Press, 2003)"

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