Steven Paul Linscott

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Oak Park
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Steven Linscott was wrongly convicted of murder and rape based on his false confession. Exonerated by DNA - Spent 7 years on bond before his 1992 exoneration. Pardoned by IL Gov. George Ryan in December 2002. Under Illinois' wrongful conviction compensation statute Linscott's pardon entitled him to $60,150."
Conviction Caused By:	Fale confession.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 328 ( © 1992)."
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Information Source 2:	"Cruz, 2 others pardoned: Ryan says 3 men were victims of 'justice system run amok', Steve Mills and Ray Long (staff), Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2002, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-021220pardons,1,4013976.story (last visited January 28, 2005)"
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Steven Paul Linscott

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Oak Park

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Fale confession.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 328 ( © 1992)."

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"Cruz, 2 others pardoned: Ryan says 3 men were victims of 'justice system run amok', Steve Mills and Ray Long (staff), Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2002, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-021220pardons,1,4013976.story (last visited January 28, 2005)"

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"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-021220pardons,1,4013976.story"

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