Ronald Jones

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	13.58
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1989
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Ronald Jones was wrongly convicted in 1989 of rape and murder in Chicago, Illinois and sentenced to death. Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Jones as the assailant. Based on the new evidence his conviction was vacated and the charges were dismissed on May 17, 1999. Jones filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago that was settled in 2003 for $2.2 million, and he was awarded wrongful imprisonment compensation of $140,000 by the State of Illinois."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession and eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Excluded as the assailant by post-conviction DNA testing.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$2.340,000 total. $140,000 (State of Illinois, 2002) and $2.2 million (City of Chicago, 2003)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Ronald Jones

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

13.58

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1989

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession and eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Excluded as the assailant by post-conviction DNA testing.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$2.340,000 total. $140,000 (State of Illinois, 2002) and $2.2 million (City of Chicago, 2003)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence

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