Lafonso Rollins

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	75 years
Years Imprisoned:	11.5
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Lafonso Rollins, was wrongly convicted of rape in 1994 based on his confession that he recanted as coerced. Based on post-conviction DNA tests that excluded Rollins as the assailant his conviction was vacated on July 12, 2004 and without opposition by the Cook County State's Attorney his charge was dismissed and he was released. Rollins was pardoned by Illinois' governor on January 5, 2005. Rollins was awarded $145,837 by the Illinois Court of Claims, and he settled his civil rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago for $9 million on January 27, 2006."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by Chicago police officers.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction vacated in 2004 based on DNA evidence that excluded him as the attacker. Pardoned by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on January 5, 2005."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$9,145,837 total. $9 million (City of Chicago, 2006), and $145,837 (State of Illinois)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Conviction 'An Outrage,' Probe Warranted - Attorney, Jerry Crimmins, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Vol. 150, No. 138, July 15, 2004"
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/rollins.htm
Information Source 2:	Innocence Project website database
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=146
Information Source 3:	"Four Who Were Wrongly Convicted Pardoned, AP, Chicago Sun-Times, January 6, 2004"
Information Location 3:	http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/pardon06.html
Information Source 4:	"Wrongfully convicted man get 9 million, Gary Washburn (staff), Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2006"
Information Location 4:	"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060127rollins,1,7628575.story?coll=chi-news-hed"
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Lafonso Rollins

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

75 years

Years Imprisoned:

11.5

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by Chicago police officers.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction vacated in 2004 based on DNA evidence that excluded him as the attacker. Pardoned by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on January 5, 2005."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$9,145,837 total. $9 million (City of Chicago, 2006), and $145,837 (State of Illinois)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Conviction 'An Outrage,' Probe Warranted - Attorney, Jerry Crimmins, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Vol. 150, No. 138, July 15, 2004"

Information Location 1:

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

Information Source 2:

Innocence Project website database

Information Location 2:

http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=146

Information Source 3:

"Four Who Were Wrongly Convicted Pardoned, AP, Chicago Sun-Times, January 6, 2004"

Information Location 3:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/pardon06.html

Information Source 4:

"Wrongfully convicted man get 9 million, Gary Washburn (staff), Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2006"

Information Location 4:

"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060127rollins,1,7628575.story?coll=chi-news-hed"

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