Larry Mayes

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Charge:	"Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Rape"
Sentence:	80 years
Years Imprisoned:	21
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	Lake
City of Crime:	Hammond
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Larry Mayes and James Hill were codefendants wrongly convicted of rape and robbery in Hammond, Indiana. Mayes was sentenced to 80 years in prison. Mayes served 2-1/2 years pre-trial and 18-1/2 years of sentence before being exonerated by DNA test of physical evidence excluded Larry Mayes as the attacker. After his 2001 release, Mayes filed a $19 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Hammond, Indiana and its police department. On August 22, 2006, a jury awarded him $9 million dollars and the defendant's appealed. In September 2008 Mayes agreed to $4.5 million in exchange for ending the city's appeal."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness misidentification.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA tests excluded Larry Mayes as the assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$4,500,000 (City of Hammond, Indiana, Sept. 2008)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	51
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Wrongly convicted man law students helped free gets $4.5 million, Indiana University (Pardue), Press Release, September 8, 2008"
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Information Source 2:	"Jury says city must pay $9 million in wrongful conviction suit, by Joe Carlson, The Times (Hammond, IN), August 23, 2006"
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Information Source 3:	"Ex-inmate fears fame in $9 million settlement, AP story, September 10, 2001"
Information Location 3:	http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/15483523.htm
Information Source 4:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 4:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=101
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Larry Mayes

Charge:

"Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Rape"

Sentence:

80 years

Years Imprisoned:

21

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

Lake

City of Crime:

Hammond

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness misidentification.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA tests excluded Larry Mayes as the assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$4,500,000 (City of Hammond, Indiana, Sept. 2008)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

51

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Wrongly convicted man law students helped free gets $4.5 million, Indiana University (Pardue), Press Release, September 8, 2008"

Information Location 1:

Information Source 2:

"Jury says city must pay $9 million in wrongful conviction suit, by Joe Carlson, The Times (Hammond, IN), August 23, 2006"

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Information Source 3:

"Ex-inmate fears fame in $9 million settlement, AP story, September 10, 2001"

Information Location 3:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/15483523.htm

Information Source 4:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=101

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