Lionel Lane

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	60 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Kane
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Lionel Lane was wrongly convicted of the 1993 murder of a 76 year-old woman. Released after less than a year when the 2 actual killers were indicted for Ms. Johannessen's murder. After the charges were dropped against Lane and his release was ordered, Judge James Doyle wished him "good luck.""
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	""Yesterday A Killer, Today Free: 2 Others Indicted For '93 Murder," Chicago Tribune, "
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Lionel Lane

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

60 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Kane

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Lionel Lane was wrongly convicted of the 1993 murder of a 76 year-old woman. Released after less than a year when the 2 actual killers were indicted for Ms. Johannessen's murder. After the charges were dropped against Lane and his release was ordered, Judge James Doyle wished him "good luck.""

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

""Yesterday A Killer, Today Free: 2 Others Indicted For '93 Murder," Chicago Tribune, "

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http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/wrong/kane1.txt

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