Neil Miller

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Charge:	Rape and Robbery (including burglary)
Sentence:	26 to 45 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Neil Miller was wrongly convicted on December 19, 1990 of rape and robbery in Boston, Massachusetts committed on August 24, 1989. Miler was sentenced to 26 to 45 years in prison. Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Miller as the woman's assailant, and his conviction was overturned, the charges dismissed on May 10, 2000, and he was released after 10 years in custody. Miller filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Boston and officers involved in his prosecution. In March 2006 Neil Miller settled his lawsuit for $3.2 million. Neil Miller filed a claim for compensation from the State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D, and his claim was settled in 2007 for $500,000."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$3,700,000 total. $3,200,000 (City of Boston, March 2006) and $500,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Wrongfully convicted ex-prisoner faults Hub police in suit, Francie Latour (staff). 'Boston Globe, April 19, 2002, "
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Information Source 2:	"State lags in aid for exonerated prisoners, By Francie Latour (staff writer), Boston Globe, April 20, 2002"
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=71
Information Source 3:	"Main Jailed in 3 Rapes - Earlier Suspect Is Freed, David Abel (staff), Boston Globe, August 5, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/08/05/man_jailed_in_3_rapes_earlier_suspect_is_freed/
Information Source 4:	"Boston agrees to pay $3.2 million to Stephan Cowans: Wrongfully-convicted Mattapan man’s case exposed incompetent fingerprint unit, By David S. Bernstein (Staff writer), August 10, 2006"
Information Location 4:	http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/20022-boston-agrees-to-pay-s32-million-to-stephan-cowan/
Information Source 5:	"Miller, Neil v. Commonwealth, SUCV2005-00636 ($500,000 wrongful conviction compensation awarded from State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D.)"
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Neil Miller

Charge:

Rape and Robbery (including burglary)

Sentence:

26 to 45 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$3,700,000 total. $3,200,000 (City of Boston, March 2006) and $500,000 (State of Massachusetts, 2007)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Wrongfully convicted ex-prisoner faults Hub police in suit, Francie Latour (staff). 'Boston Globe, April 19, 2002, "

Information Location 1:

Information Source 2:

"State lags in aid for exonerated prisoners, By Francie Latour (staff writer), Boston Globe, April 20, 2002"

Information Location 2:

http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=71

Information Source 3:

"Main Jailed in 3 Rapes - Earlier Suspect Is Freed, David Abel (staff), Boston Globe, August 5, 2005"

Information Location 3:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/08/05/man_jailed_in_3_rapes_earlier_suspect_is_freed/

Information Source 4:

"Boston agrees to pay $3.2 million to Stephan Cowans: Wrongfully-convicted Mattapan man’s case exposed incompetent fingerprint unit, By David S. Bernstein (Staff writer), August 10, 2006"

Information Location 4:

http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/20022-boston-agrees-to-pay-s32-million-to-stephan-cowan/

Information Source 5:

"Miller, Neil v. Commonwealth, SUCV2005-00636 ($500,000 wrongful conviction compensation awarded from State of Massachusetts under G.L.C. 258D.)"

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