DeShawn Reed

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	20 to 32 years
Years Imprisoned:	9.33
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
City of Crime:	Ecorse
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"DeShawn Reed and his uncle Marvin Reed were codefendants. The Reeds were wrongly convicted in August 2001 of attempted murder in the shooting of a man driving his car in Ecorse, Michigan on March 12, 2000. Based on new evidence that key prosecution witnesses had lied and new witness evidence who had actually committed the shooting, the Reeds filed a petiton for a new trial, which was granted in Wayne County Circuit Court on July 10, 2009. With the agreement of the Wayne County DA the charges were dismissed on July 31, 2009, and the Reeds were released after more than 9 years in custody. In 2012 the Reeds settled their federal civil rights lawsuit against the Ecorse Police Department for $3.1 million."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by a key prosecution eyewitness.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on new evidence that key prosecution witnesses had lied and new witness evidence who had actually committed the shooting, the Reeds filed a petiton for a new trial, which was granted in Wayne County Circuit Court on July 10, 2009. With the agreement of the Wayne County DA the charges were dismissed on July 31, 2009."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$1.55 mil. (City of Ecorse, Michigan, 2012)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"DeShawn Reed, The National Registry of Exonerations"
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DeShawn Reed

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

20 to 32 years

Years Imprisoned:

9.33

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Ecorse

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by a key prosecution eyewitness.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$1.55 mil. (City of Ecorse, Michigan, 2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"DeShawn Reed, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3566

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