Entre Nax Karage

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6.25
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Entre Nax Karage was wrongly convicted in 1997 of the September 22, 1994 murder of his 14-year-old girlfriend. Post-conviction DNA testing of the spermatozoa of the woman's assailant excluded Karage. Furthermore, those tests implicated a man who had previously been convicted of a similar crime. Karage's conviction was vacated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2004 based on the new evidence casting doubt on his guilt, and he was released on bail. Karage was wrongly imprisoned for seven years. On December 22, 2005, Texas Governor Rick Perry pardoned Karage on the basis of his actual innocence. Karage was awarded $158,000 in compensation by the State of Texas."
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Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned by Texas Gov Rick Perry based on exclusionary DNA evidence of Karage's actual innocence.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$158,333.32 plus $2,496.43 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 1-23-2007)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"Governor Pardons Two Cleared by DNA Evidence, AP Story, Denton Record, Chronicle, December 22, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ELG20O4.html
Information Source 2:	"Two Pardoned on DNA Evidence, Jason Embry, Austin Statesman-American, December 23, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/23pardons.html
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Entre Nax Karage

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6.25

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned by Texas Gov Rick Perry based on exclusionary DNA evidence of Karage's actual innocence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$158,333.32 plus $2,496.43 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 1-23-2007)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"Governor Pardons Two Cleared by DNA Evidence, AP Story, Denton Record, Chronicle, December 22, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ELG20O4.html

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"Two Pardoned on DNA Evidence, Jason Embry, Austin Statesman-American, December 23, 2005"

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/23pardons.html

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