Olutohsin Oduwole

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Charge:	Making Terrorist Threat
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.42
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Madison
City of Crime:	Edwardsville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Olutohsin Oduwole was wrongly convicted in October 2011 of attempting to make a terrorist threat in a note found in his car in 2007 when he was a 21-year-old SIU Edwardsville, Illinois student. The prosecution's case was based on a note found inside Oduwole's car on campus that said if $50,000 wasn't put in a Paypal account within 7 days a murderous rampage like the Virginia Tech shooting would occur at another University. The note did not specify SIUE. Oduwole was an aspiring rapper and his defense was the note was lyrics he was working on. After Oduwole's conviction by a jury he was sentenced to five years in prison. On March 6, 2013 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Olutohsin Oduwole convicton on the basis he did not take a substantial step toward completing the threat and because of that, the words in his written note were just thoughts. Oduwole was released from prison on March 18, 2013 after 17 months of imprisonment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 6, 2013 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Olutohsin Oduwole convicton on the basis he did not take a substantial step toward completing the threat and because of that, the words in his written note were just thoughts."
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"People v. Oduwole, 2013 IL App (5th) 120039"
Information Location 1:	http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2013/5thDistrict/5120039.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Illinois man freed after note deemed not a threat, By Jim Suhr, Associated Press, March 20, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://bigstory.ap.org/article/illinois-man-freed-after-note-deemed-not-threat
Information Source 3:	"Prosecutors Should Be Ashamed of Their Egregious "Terrorism" Prosecution of Olutosin Oduwole, By Justin Peters, Slate.com, May 31, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/05/31/olutosin_oduwole_unjustly_convicted_college_student_s_long_legal_nightmare.html
Information Source 4:	"Former SIUE Student’s “Terrorist Threat” Conviction Overturned, KTVI (St Louis, MO), By Chris Regnier, March 8, 2013"
Information Location 4:	http://fox2now.com/2013/03/08/siu-edwardsville-student-conviction-overturned/
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Olutohsin Oduwole

Charge:

Making Terrorist Threat

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.42

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Madison

City of Crime:

Edwardsville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 6, 2013 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Olutohsin Oduwole convicton on the basis he did not take a substantial step toward completing the threat and because of that, the words in his written note were just thoughts."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"People v. Oduwole, 2013 IL App (5th) 120039"

Information Location 1:

http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2013/5thDistrict/5120039.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Illinois man freed after note deemed not a threat, By Jim Suhr, Associated Press, March 20, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/illinois-man-freed-after-note-deemed-not-threat

Information Source 3:

"Prosecutors Should Be Ashamed of Their Egregious "Terrorism" Prosecution of Olutosin Oduwole, By Justin Peters, Slate.com, May 31, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/05/31/olutosin_oduwole_unjustly_convicted_college_student_s_long_legal_nightmare.html

Information Source 4:

"Former SIUE Student’s “Terrorist Threat” Conviction Overturned, KTVI (St Louis, MO), By Chris Regnier, March 8, 2013"

Information Location 4:

http://fox2now.com/2013/03/08/siu-edwardsville-student-conviction-overturned/

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