Jason Kindle

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	70 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jason Kindle was wrongly convicted of robbing the Office Depot store where he worked as a janitor. Conviction based on eyewitness error by five Office Depot employees, who were improperly influenced by the police to ID Kindle. Conviction reversed in 2003 by the California Court of Appeal on direct appeal, based on ineffective assistance of counsel, and the trial judge erred in denying a motion for a new trial based on new evidence. The DA dropped the charges based on the exculpatory evidence, and Kindle was released on February 3, 2003. The State of California denied Kindle's claim for compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by five store employees and police misconduct of influencing the witnesses to erroneously ID Kindle.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction reversed in 2003 by the CA Court of Appeal on direct appeal,"
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Compensation Awarded:	Denied by State of Calif.
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"
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Jason Kindle

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

70 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by five store employees and police misconduct of influencing the witnesses to erroneously ID Kindle.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction reversed in 2003 by the CA Court of Appeal on direct appeal,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of Calif.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"

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http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/

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