Clark Jerome McMillan

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Rape and Robbery (including burglary)
Sentence:	119 years
Years Imprisoned:	23
Year Crime:	1979
Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
County or Region of Crime:	Shelby
City of Crime:	Memphis
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Clark Jerome McMillan was wrongly convicted in 1980 of abducting a boy and his 16-year-old girlfriend in 1979, and raping her. No blood type testing was conducted of large amounts of the attackers semen left on the victim's clothes. Clark McMillan walks with a pronounced limp due to being shot in 1977 and he wore a leg brace. The two abductee's didn't mention their attacker walked with a limp until they saw McMillan limping in the courtroom. McMillan's sister and girlfriend testified at his trial that he was at his sister's house at the time of the abduction and attack. It took the Innocence Project five years to exonerate McMillan. McMillan was released in 2002 and the charges were dismissed after DNA testing in 2002 that was unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the assailant. Awarded $832,950 in compensation by the State of Tennessee in 2004. McMillan received an initial $250,000 lump sum payment, with the balance to be paid through an annuity for life of $3,400 monthly."
Conviction Caused By:	"Erroneous eyewitness testimony of the 16-year-old rape victim and her boyfriend, that may have been perjured by them adding details to ensure McMillan's conviction after seeing him in the courtroom."
Innocence Proved By:	McMillan was released in 2002 and the charges were dismissed after DNA testing in 2002 that was unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	"Innocence Project and Memphis, TN defense lawyer Kemper Durand."
Compensation Awarded:	"$832,950 (State of Tennessee, 2004)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Exonerated inmate Clark McMillan unsatisfied with pay, By Linda Moore (staff), Memphis Commercial Appeal, August 24, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/24/exonerated-inmate-unsatisfied-with-pay/
Information Source 2:	"Tennessee's first exonerated man says $832,000 not enough, By Andy Humbles (Staff), The Tennessean, September 23, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2016/09/23/tennessees-first-exonerated-man-says-832000-not-enough/90366206/
Information Source 3:
Information Location 3:
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Clark Jerome McMillan

Charge:

Rape and Robbery (including burglary)

Sentence:

119 years

Years Imprisoned:

23

Year Crime:

1979

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

Shelby

City of Crime:

Memphis

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Erroneous eyewitness testimony of the 16-year-old rape victim and her boyfriend, that may have been perjured by them adding details to ensure McMillan's conviction after seeing him in the courtroom."

Innocence Proved By:

McMillan was released in 2002 and the charges were dismissed after DNA testing in 2002 that was unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

"Innocence Project and Memphis, TN defense lawyer Kemper Durand."

Compensation Awarded:

"$832,950 (State of Tennessee, 2004)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Exonerated inmate Clark McMillan unsatisfied with pay, By Linda Moore (staff), Memphis Commercial Appeal, August 24, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/24/exonerated-inmate-unsatisfied-with-pay/

Information Source 2:

"Tennessee's first exonerated man says $832,000 not enough, By Andy Humbles (Staff), The Tennessean, September 23, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2016/09/23/tennessees-first-exonerated-man-says-832000-not-enough/90366206/

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: