Eddie James Lowery

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Charge:	"Rape, Burglary and Battery"
Sentence:	11 years to Life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kansas
County or Region of Crime:	Riley
City of Crime:	Manhattan
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Eddie James Lowery was wrongly convicted of rape, aggravated battery and aggravated burglary. Conviction based on a false confession by "using coercive strong-arm tactics." Eddie Lowery was paroled in 1991 after serving 10 years of wrongful imprisonment. DNA testing in 2003 of the crime's evidence excluded Lowery as the woman's attacker, and his conviction was overturned. In October 2003 Lowery filed a $15 million dollar lawsuit against the cities of Manhattan and Ogden, Kansas, and the Riley County Police Department. In January 2010 he reached a settlement of the lawsuit for $7.5 million."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession obtained by two police detectives "using coercive strong-arm tactics.""
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed based on DNA excluding him as the attacker.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$7.5 million (Manhattan, Kansas and Ogden, Kansas, and Riley County, January 2010)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Former Inmate Files Suit-Man seeking $15 million for overturned rape conviction, The Capital Journal, dateline Manhattan, KS, 10-8-2003"
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Information Source 2:	"City votes to sign settlement aggreement with Lowrey, By Lauren Garrison (staff), Kansas State Collegian, January 20, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/city-votes-to-sign-settlement-aggreement-with-lowrey-1.2140696
Information Source 3:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 3:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=127
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Eddie James Lowery

Charge:

"Rape, Burglary and Battery"

Sentence:

11 years to Life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kansas

County or Region of Crime:

Riley

City of Crime:

Manhattan

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession obtained by two police detectives "using coercive strong-arm tactics.""

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed based on DNA excluding him as the attacker.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$7.5 million (Manhattan, Kansas and Ogden, Kansas, and Riley County, January 2010)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Former Inmate Files Suit-Man seeking $15 million for overturned rape conviction, The Capital Journal, dateline Manhattan, KS, 10-8-2003"

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Information Source 2:

"City votes to sign settlement aggreement with Lowrey, By Lauren Garrison (staff), Kansas State Collegian, January 20, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/city-votes-to-sign-settlement-aggreement-with-lowrey-1.2140696

Information Source 3:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=127

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