Raymond McCann II

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Charge:	Perjury
Sentence:	20 months
Years Imprisoned:	1.43
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	St. Joseph
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Raymond McCann II was wrongly convicted in 2015 of perjury during a homicide investigation in St. Joseph County, Michigan. McCann was sentenced to 20 months in prison. McCann's conviction was overturned in 2017 based on another man confessing to the homicide. McCann filed a claim under Michigan's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act that awards $50,000 per year of incarceration. On May 17, 2019 the Michigan attorney general's office announced McCann would receive $40,000 compensation. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement: "We have an obligation to provide compassionate compensation to these men for the harm they suffered.""
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Defendant Aided By:	Post-conviction by Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Conviction at Northwestern University.
Compensation Awarded:	"$40,000 (State of Michigan, May 17, 2019)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	47
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Man Who Spent More Years Behind Bars Than Any Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Person in U.S. Could Get Up to $2 Million, KTLA-5"
Information Location 1:	http://ktla.com/2018/03/30/man-who-spent-more-years-behind-bars-than-any-other-wrongfully-imprisoned-person-in-u-s-could-get-up-to-2-million/
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Raymond McCann II

Charge:

Perjury

Sentence:

20 months

Years Imprisoned:

1.43

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

St. Joseph

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Post-conviction by Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Conviction at Northwestern University.

Compensation Awarded:

"$40,000 (State of Michigan, May 17, 2019)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

47

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Man Who Spent More Years Behind Bars Than Any Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Person in U.S. Could Get Up to $2 Million, KTLA-5"

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http://ktla.com/2018/03/30/man-who-spent-more-years-behind-bars-than-any-other-wrongfully-imprisoned-person-in-u-s-could-get-up-to-2-million/

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