Steven L. Manning (murder conviction)

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
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Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
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City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Steven L. Manning was wrongly convicted of kidnapping in Missouri in 1992, and exonerated in 2004. In a separate case he was wrongly convicted in Illinois of murder in 1993 and sentenced to death. He was exonerated of the murder charge in 2000. Significant dramatic holes in the prosecution's case against Steve Manning were detailed in a Chicago Tribune series, "The Failure of the Death Penalty in Illinois." The Tribune investigation found that the prosecution's star witness against Manning, Tommy Dye, was a con man and chronic liar who fabricated stories even under oath and that his testimony incriminating Manning was undercut by the FBI's own investigative reports. He was released on February 26, 2004 after the Federal 8th Circuit Ct of Appeals had vacated his kidnapping conviction. Steven Manning was arrested in 1990, and he spent a total of 14 years wrongly imprisoned between the MO kidnapping conviction and the IL murder conviction. Manning was awarded $6,581,000 by a federal court jury in January 2005 after the jury found that two FBI agents had framed Manning for the kidnapping conviction in Missouri, and the murder conviction in Illinois. On December 26, 2006, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly granted the motion of FBI defendants Gary Miller and Robert Buchan and vacated the $6.5 million judgment that plaintiff Steven Manning had received. The ruling was based on the technicality that Manning had pursued compensation by way of both a federal civil rights lawsuit under 42 USC 1983 for violation of his constitutional rights, and a claim against the U.S. government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 USC 1346). Manning received an adverse judgment in his Tort Claims effort, and under 28 USC 2676 that judgment barred any action by Manning against the employee whose act or omission was the subject of the claim. Since Manning's federal civil rights lawsuit was barred by law, he received no compensation for his wrongful convictions."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"A Jailhouse Snitch Put Steven Manning on Death Row, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law website"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/manning.htm
Information Source 2:	"Another Death Row Inmate Cleared, Steve Mills and Ken Armstrong, Tribune Staff Writers. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: Jan 19, 2000. pg. 1"
Information Location 2:	http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/index.html?ts=1063601365
Information Source 3:	"Jury believes ex-Chicago cop framed by FBI - $6 million-plus damages awarded, Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, January 25, 2005."
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Information Source 4:	"Judge Kennelly Vacates Steven Manning's 6.5 million judgment, By Andrew Hale, Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Defense, January 3, 2007"
Information Location 4:	http://www.wrongfulconvictionlawsuitdefense.com/2007/01/articles/federal-tort-claims-act/judge-kennelly-vacates-steven-mannings-65-million-judgment-against-fbi-agents-gary-miller-and-robert-buchan/
Information Source 5:	"Manning v. U.S., 546 F.3d 430 (7th Cir. 2008) (Affirming district court judges granting of the defendant's motion to vacate the juries judgment as barred by 28 USC 2676.)"
Information Location 5:	https://casetext.com/case/manning-v-us-11
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Steven L. Manning (murder conviction)

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"A Jailhouse Snitch Put Steven Manning on Death Row, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law website"

Information Location 1:

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/manning.htm

Information Source 2:

"Another Death Row Inmate Cleared, Steve Mills and Ken Armstrong, Tribune Staff Writers. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: Jan 19, 2000. pg. 1"

Information Location 2:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/index.html?ts=1063601365

Information Source 3:

"Jury believes ex-Chicago cop framed by FBI - $6 million-plus damages awarded, Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, January 25, 2005."

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Information Source 4:

"Judge Kennelly Vacates Steven Manning's 6.5 million judgment, By Andrew Hale, Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Defense, January 3, 2007"

Information Location 4:

http://www.wrongfulconvictionlawsuitdefense.com/2007/01/articles/federal-tort-claims-act/judge-kennelly-vacates-steven-mannings-65-million-judgment-against-fbi-agents-gary-miller-and-robert-buchan/

Information Source 5:

"Manning v. U.S., 546 F.3d 430 (7th Cir. 2008) (Affirming district court judges granting of the defendant's motion to vacate the juries judgment as barred by 28 USC 2676.)"

Information Location 5:

https://casetext.com/case/manning-v-us-11

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