Kevin O'Loughlin

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Charge:	Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)
Sentence:	4 to 6 years
Years Imprisoned:	3.75
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Middlesex
City of Crime:	Framingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kevin O'Loughlin was wrongly convicted in February 1983 of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl in Framingham, Massachusetts. O'Loughlin's prosecution was based on his identification by the victim. O'Loughlin was sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison. Years after his release O'Loughlin discovered evidence that the prosecution failed to disclose that the man who raped the girl was a serial child rapist and kidnapper who had long been known to the Framingham Police Department to have committed a number of similar crimes against young girls similar in age to the girl in the crimes O'Loughlin was charged with, and convicted of committing. Based on the new exculpatory evidence O'Loughlin filed a motion for a new trial that was not opposed by the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, and which was granted by Middlesex County District Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman on February 26, 2015. The DA's Office filed a nolle prosequi motion that was granted on March 6, 2015. O'Loughlin filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that named as defendants the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Town of Framingham, and several former Framingham police officers. As of March 26, 2017 the lawsuit was still pending."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution failed to disclose exculpatory evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new exculpatory evidence O'Loughlin filed a motion for a new trial that was not opposed by the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, and which was granted by Middlesex County District Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman on February 26, 2015. The DA's Office filed a nolle prosequi motion that was granted on March 6, 2015."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Kevin O'Loughlin v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Town of Framingham, Massachusetts; Paul Blakeley; Al Grow; Estate of Arthur Martines; and Police Officers 1 to 5, No. (USDC Massachusetts)"
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Kevin O'Loughlin

Charge:

Robbery and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

4 to 6 years

Years Imprisoned:

3.75

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Middlesex

City of Crime:

Framingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution failed to disclose exculpatory evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Kevin O'Loughlin v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Town of Framingham, Massachusetts; Paul Blakeley; Al Grow; Estate of Arthur Martines; and Police Officers 1 to 5, No. (USDC Massachusetts)"

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