Michael Piaskowski

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Brown
City of Crime:	Green Bay
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michael Piaskowski was wrongly convicted in 1995 of participating with five other men in the 1992 beating murder of paper mill worker Tom Monfils. Mike Piaskowski and his five co-defendants were all sentenced to life in prison. After U.S. District Court Judge Myron Gordon ruled in regards to Piaskowski's habeas corpus petition that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, the State appealed. On July 10, 2001 the 7th Cir. Ct. of Appeals affirmed that decision saying: "The record is devoid of any direct evidence that Piaskowski participated in the beating of Monfils, and the available circumstantial evidence at most casts suspicion on him. This is a far cry from guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Piaskowski was released in 2001, six years after his conviction. Piaskowski co-authored a book published in August 2009 about the case, The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men. As of November 2009 Mike Piaskowski's five co-defendants remain imprisoned."
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Innocence Proved By:	"After U.S. District Court Judge Myron Gordon ruled in regards to Piaskowski's habeas corpus petition that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction, the State appealed. On July 10, 2001 the 7th Cir. Ct. of Appeals affirmed that decision saying: "The record is devoid of any direct evidence that Piaskowski participated in the beating of Monfils, and the available circumstantial evidence at most casts suspicion on him. This is a far cry from guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." Piaskowski was released in 2001, six years after his conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	43
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Piaskowski stays free: The record is devoid of any evidence that he took part in Tom Monfils' beating, the appeals court ruled," The Green Bay News-Chronicle, July 11, 2001"
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/piaskowski.htm
Information Source 2:	"Piaskowski v Bett, No. 01-1159, July 10, 1991."
Information Location 2:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/piaskowski-decision.htm
Information Source 3:	Piaskowski v. Bett 256 F.3d 687 (7th Circuit 2001).
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Book About Case:	"The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men, By Denis Gullickson and John Gaie with Mike Piaskowski (Iuniverse 2009)"
Book Information:	http://monfilsconspiracy.org/
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Michael Piaskowski

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Brown

City of Crime:

Green Bay

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

43

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Piaskowski stays free: The record is devoid of any evidence that he took part in Tom Monfils' beating, the appeals court ruled," The Green Bay News-Chronicle, July 11, 2001"

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http://www.truthinjustice.org/piaskowski.htm

Information Source 2:

"Piaskowski v Bett, No. 01-1159, July 10, 1991."

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http://www.truthinjustice.org/piaskowski-decision.htm

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Piaskowski v. Bett 256 F.3d 687 (7th Circuit 2001).

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Book About Case:

"The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men, By Denis Gullickson and John Gaie with Mike Piaskowski (Iuniverse 2009)"

Book Information:

http://monfilsconspiracy.org/

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