Frederic Saecker

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Charge:	Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.92
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Buffalo
City of Crime:	Bluff Siding
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Frederic Saecker was wrongly convicted on January 5, 1990 of sexual assault, burglary and kidnapping. Saecker's conviction was based on his identification by the victim. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 1994 DNA testing conducted on evidence that became available excluded Saecker as the assailant. He was granted a new trial on September 27, 1994. The prosecution appealed and on August 8, 1995 the WI Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a new trial. He was released in May 1996 when the prosecution agreed to dismiss the charges and not retry him. Saecker was in custody for 6 years and 11 months from the time of his arrest in June 1989 to May 1996. Saecker was awarded compensation of $25,000 plus $20,000 for legal fees, by the Wisconsin State Claims Board on December 19, 2002."
Conviction Caused By:	False informants and erroneous lab hair analysis
Innocence Proved By:	Frederick Saecker was exonerated in 1996 when he was excluded by DNA testing of crime scene evidence.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$45,000 (State of Wisconsin, December 2002)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Frederic Saecker, Wisconsin State Claims Board, December 19, 2002"
Information Location 1:	http://claimsboard.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=21025&locid=28
Information Source 2:	Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct
Information Location 2:	http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38
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Frederic Saecker

Charge:

Rape and Kidnapping (abduction)

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.92

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Buffalo

City of Crime:

Bluff Siding

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False informants and erroneous lab hair analysis

Innocence Proved By:

Frederick Saecker was exonerated in 1996 when he was excluded by DNA testing of crime scene evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$45,000 (State of Wisconsin, December 2002)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Frederic Saecker, Wisconsin State Claims Board, December 19, 2002"

Information Location 1:

http://claimsboard.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=21025&locid=28

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Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

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