Ben Kiper

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Charge:	Sodomy and Sex Abuse
Sentence:	55 yrs
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
County or Region of Crime:	Butler
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ben Kiper was wrongly convicted of sexually abusing and sodomizing his stepdaughter on the basis of her testimony alone in Butler County, Kentucky. There was no corroborating evidence. His stepdaughter later recanted, saying she had been manipulated into accusing and testifying against Kiper. On April 26, 2006, Kiper's conviction was vacated, and he was released on May 5, 2006. In 2007 the Buter County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charge was granted."
Conviction Caused By:	"False testimony by the alleged victim, who was pressured into giving false testimony."
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 26, 2006, Kiper's conviction was vacated, and he was released on May 5, 2006. In 2007 the Buter County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charge was granted."
Defendant Aided By:	Kentucky Innocence Project.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Kentucky Court Vacates 55 Year Sentence of Man Wrongfully Convicted - Kentucky Innocence Proj Press Release, May 9, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://dpa.ky.gov/news/pressRelease5-9-6.php
Information Source 2:	"Kentucky Innocence Project -- Two More Wrongful Convictions Set-aside, by Melanie Lowe and Marguerite Thomas, The Advocate, May 2006, Vol. 28, No. 3, p. 18"
Information Location 2:	http://dpa.ky.gov/library/advocate/pdf/2006/adv052006.pdf
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Ben Kiper

Charge:

Sodomy and Sex Abuse

Sentence:

55 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

County or Region of Crime:

Butler

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False testimony by the alleged victim, who was pressured into giving false testimony."

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 26, 2006, Kiper's conviction was vacated, and he was released on May 5, 2006. In 2007 the Buter County District Attorney's motion to dismiss the charge was granted."

Defendant Aided By:

Kentucky Innocence Project.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Kentucky Court Vacates 55 Year Sentence of Man Wrongfully Convicted - Kentucky Innocence Proj Press Release, May 9, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://dpa.ky.gov/news/pressRelease5-9-6.php

Information Source 2:

"Kentucky Innocence Project -- Two More Wrongful Convictions Set-aside, by Melanie Lowe and Marguerite Thomas, The Advocate, May 2006, Vol. 28, No. 3, p. 18"

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http://dpa.ky.gov/library/advocate/pdf/2006/adv052006.pdf

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