Robert Lee Miller Jr.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Oklahoma
City of Crime:	Oklahoma City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Lee Miller Jr. was wrongly convicted on May 19, 1988 of the 1987 rape and murder of two elderly women in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 3, 1986. Robert Miller falsely confessed after an 8-1/2 hour interrogation. Robert Lee Miller's statement had 112 inconsistencies, and he was delusional, telling investigators that he was the Lone Ranger and an Indian warrior, and that his family had visionary powers. Miller was convicted based on his confession and the testimony of forensic technician Joyce Gilchrist. Miller was sentenced to death. In 1995 DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial excluded him as the woman's assailant, while identifying convicted rapist Ronald Lott as the perpetrator. Prosecutors opposed vacating Miller's conviction, and he wasn't released from prison on bail until January 22, 1998 after ten years on Oklahoma's Death Row. Miller's prosecutor later became a state judge. Miller was one of four people exonerated as of November 2014 whose convictions were based on the expert testimony of Joyce Gilchrist. Lott was charged and convicted of the murders Miller had been convicted of committing."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession and erroneous testimony by the State's expert, Oklahoma City forensic technician Joyce Gilchrist."
Innocence Proved By:	DNA testing unavailable at the time of Robert Miller's trial excluded him as the woman's assailant. Miller's conviction was overturned in 1998 and he was released after ten years on Oklahoma's Death Row.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"When The Evidence Lies, By Belinda Luscombe, Time (magazine), May 13, 2001"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,109568,00.html"
Information Source 2:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 3:	"Police Refine Methods So Potent, Even the Innocent Have Confessed, Jan Hoffman, New York Times, March. 30, 1998, at A1."
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Robert Lee Miller Jr.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Oklahoma

City of Crime:

Oklahoma City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession and erroneous testimony by the State's expert, Oklahoma City forensic technician Joyce Gilchrist."

Innocence Proved By:

DNA testing unavailable at the time of Robert Miller's trial excluded him as the woman's assailant. Miller's conviction was overturned in 1998 and he was released after ten years on Oklahoma's Death Row.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"When The Evidence Lies, By Belinda Luscombe, Time (magazine), May 13, 2001"

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"http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,109568,00.html"

Information Source 2:

Death Penalty Information Center

Information Location 2:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

Information Source 3:

"Police Refine Methods So Potent, Even the Innocent Have Confessed, Jan Hoffman, New York Times, March. 30, 1998, at A1."

Information Location 3:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E6D8133BF933A05750C0A96E958260&scp=1&sq=Police+Refine+Methods+So+Potent%2C+Even+the+Innocent+Have+Confessed&st=nyt

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