Jerry Miller

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Charge:	"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"
Sentence:	45 years
Years Imprisoned:	24.5
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated and Later Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Jerry Miller was wrongly convicted of rape in 1982 based on the eyewitness identification of the victim. Miller was sentenced to 45 years in prison. He was released on parole in 2006 after 24 years of imprisonment. The Cook County State's Attorney's motion to dismiss the charges was granted on April 23, 2007 after DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the rapist. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Miller on the basis of his actual innocence. Miller was awarded wrongful imprisonment compensation of $199,000 by the State of Illinois. Miller filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that named the City of Chicago and officers involved in his prosecution, which was settled in 2011 for $6,300,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification of the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Charges dismissed and released from prison in April 2007 after DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the rapist. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Miller on the basis of his actual innocence."
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$6,499,000 total. $6.3 million (City of Chicago, 2011) and $199,000 (State of Illinois, 2009)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man cleared by dna after serving 26 years, By Maurice Possley and Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-22/news/0704220040_1_innocence-project-dna-tests-exoneration
Information Source 2:	"Blagojevich pardons 26, including several wrongfully convicted of rape, murder, The Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/31/local/chi-blago-pardonoct31
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Jerry Miller

Charge:

"Rape, Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)"

Sentence:

45 years

Years Imprisoned:

24.5

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated and Later Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification of the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Charges dismissed and released from prison in April 2007 after DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the rapist. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Miller on the basis of his actual innocence."

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$6,499,000 total. $6.3 million (City of Chicago, 2011) and $199,000 (State of Illinois, 2009)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man cleared by dna after serving 26 years, By Maurice Possley and Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-22/news/0704220040_1_innocence-project-dna-tests-exoneration

Information Source 2:

"Blagojevich pardons 26, including several wrongfully convicted of rape, murder, The Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2009"

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http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/31/local/chi-blago-pardonoct31

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