Joe C. Jones

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Charge:	Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kansas
County or Region of Crime:	Shawnee
City of Crime:	Topeka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joe Jackson was wrongly convicted in 1986 of aggravated kidnapping, rape and aggravated assault that occurred in August 1985 in Topeka, Kansas. Jackson's conviction was identified by the victim, and he was sentenced to life in prison. Jackson was exonerated in 1992 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial of the swabs in the victim's rape kit. Jackson was the first person in Kansas exonerated by DNA testing. The testing identified another man as the culprit."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Jackson was exonerated in 1992 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial of the swabs in the victim's rape kit.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"For first Kansan exonerated through DNA, freedom remains elusive, By Shaun Hittle (staff), Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS), October 29, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/oct/29/first-kansan-exonerated-through-dna-freedom-remain/
Information Source 2:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=17
Information Source 3:	Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct
Information Location 3:	http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38
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Joe C. Jones

Charge:

Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kansas

County or Region of Crime:

Shawnee

City of Crime:

Topeka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Jackson was exonerated in 1992 by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his trial of the swabs in the victim's rape kit.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"For first Kansan exonerated through DNA, freedom remains elusive, By Shaun Hittle (staff), Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS), October 29, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/oct/29/first-kansan-exonerated-through-dna-freedom-remain/

Information Source 2:

Innocence Project database

Information Location 2:

http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=17

Information Source 3:

Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

Information Location 3:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

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