Kerry Porter

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	60 years
Years Imprisoned:	14.8
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
County or Region of Crime:	Louisville
City of Crime:	Jefferson
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kerry Porter was wrongly convicted in 1997 of murder in the shooting death of 35-year-old Tyrone Camp on December 27, 1996 in Louisville, Kentucky. Porter's prosecution was based on the eyewitness identification of Kenneth Brown. Although prior to trial Brown expressed doubts about his identification of Porter, he identified him as the shooter during his trial testimony. A post-conviction investigation of the case by the Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney Office included Porter's exclusion as the source of DNA on the duct tape used to make a homemade silencer found at the crime scene. A joint motion by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office and Porter's attorney to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges was granted on December 19, 2011. Porter filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Louisville and officers involved in his case. In March 2012 Porter agreed to a settlement of his lawsuit for $7.5 million. The city spent $556,000 in fees and expenses to defeat Porter's lawsuit."
Conviction Caused By:	Misidentification by the eyewitness.
Innocence Proved By:	"A joint motion by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office and Porter's attorney to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges was granted on December 19, 2011."
Defendant Aided By:	Kentucky Innocence Project and The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
Compensation Awarded:	"$7.5 million (City of Louisville, March 2012)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	55
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Kerry Porter, imprisoned for murder, is exonerated, freed after 14 years, By Andrew Wolfson (staff), The Courier-Journal (Louisville), December 19, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111219/NEWS01/312190066/Kerry-Porter-murder-Tyrone-Camp
Information Source 2:	"Louisville to pay $7.5M to Kerry Porter for wrongful conviction and 11 years in prison, By Andrew Wolfson, Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), March 12, 2018"
Information Location 2:	https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/03/12/louisville-kerry-porter-wrongful-conviction-settlement/378592002/
Information Source 3:	"Louisville man paid millions after wrongful murder conviction faces jail again, By Gil Corsey, WDRB.com (Louisville), Jan 20, 2020"
Information Location 3:	https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-man-paid-millions-after-wrongful-murder-conviction-faces-jail/article_3181b6ec-3bc8-11ea-a766-7fe0eaf55748.html
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Kerry Porter

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

60 years

Years Imprisoned:

14.8

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

County or Region of Crime:

Louisville

City of Crime:

Jefferson

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Misidentification by the eyewitness.

Innocence Proved By:

"A joint motion by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office and Porter's attorney to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges was granted on December 19, 2011."

Defendant Aided By:

Kentucky Innocence Project and The Courier-Journal (Louisville)

Compensation Awarded:

"$7.5 million (City of Louisville, March 2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

55

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Kerry Porter, imprisoned for murder, is exonerated, freed after 14 years, By Andrew Wolfson (staff), The Courier-Journal (Louisville), December 19, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111219/NEWS01/312190066/Kerry-Porter-murder-Tyrone-Camp

Information Source 2:

"Louisville to pay $7.5M to Kerry Porter for wrongful conviction and 11 years in prison, By Andrew Wolfson, Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), March 12, 2018"

Information Location 2:

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/03/12/louisville-kerry-porter-wrongful-conviction-settlement/378592002/

Information Source 3:

"Louisville man paid millions after wrongful murder conviction faces jail again, By Gil Corsey, WDRB.com (Louisville), Jan 20, 2020"

Information Location 3:

https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-man-paid-millions-after-wrongful-murder-conviction-faces-jail/article_3181b6ec-3bc8-11ea-a766-7fe0eaf55748.html

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