Eric Kittler

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	35 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Eric Kittler was wrongly convicted of robbery and murder based on a confession contrived by detectives that they attributed to Kittler. An appeals court reversed Kittler's conviction in 2002 and the charges were dismissed. Eric Kittler filed a federal civil rights lawsuit and the City of Chicago and several Chicago PD officers. In October 2006 Chicago agreed to a $2 million settlement of the suit.
Conviction Caused By:	Police misconduct of writing a confession and falsely attributing it to Kittler.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by appeals court.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$2,000,000 (City of Chicago, Oct 2006)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	15
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Deal on wrongful conviction, By Maurice Possley and Gary Washburn, Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2006"
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Eric Kittler

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

35 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct of writing a confession and falsely attributing it to Kittler.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by appeals court.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,000,000 (City of Chicago, Oct 2006)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

15

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Deal on wrongful conviction, By Maurice Possley and Gary Washburn, Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2006"

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