Bernard Mims

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder
Sentence:	95 years
Years Imprisoned:	12.25
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Bernard Mims was wrongly convicted in 2006 of first-degre murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of an off-duty correctional officer in Chicago, Illinois in 2000."
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Innocence Proved By:
Defendant Aided By:	Kathleen Zellner
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Man in prison for 2000 Chicago murder freed after conviction tossed, By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-prisoner-released-wrongly-convicted-met-20161027-story.html
Information Source 2:	"Conviction thrown out in killing of off-duty correctional officer, By Rummana Hussain, Chicago Sun-Times, October 27, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/conviction-thrown-out-in-killing-of-off-duty-correctional-officer/
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Bernard Mims

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder

Sentence:

95 years

Years Imprisoned:

12.25

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Bernard Mims was wrongly convicted in 2006 of first-degre murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of an off-duty correctional officer in Chicago, Illinois in 2000."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Kathleen Zellner

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Man in prison for 2000 Chicago murder freed after conviction tossed, By Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-prisoner-released-wrongly-convicted-met-20161027-story.html

Information Source 2:

"Conviction thrown out in killing of off-duty correctional officer, By Rummana Hussain, Chicago Sun-Times, October 27, 2016"

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http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/conviction-thrown-out-in-killing-of-off-duty-correctional-officer/

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