Johnnie Lee Savory

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	50 to 100 years
Years Imprisoned:	29
Year Crime:	1977
Year Convicted:	1977
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Peoria
City of Crime:	Peoria
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Johnnie Lee Savory was wrongly convicted in 1981 of a double-murder in Peoria, Illinois in June 1977. Savory was convicted by a jury after his first trial in 1977 based on his conviction, that he recanted as coerced, and the testimony of three witnesses. Savory was sentenced to concurrent 50 to 100 year prison terms for each murder. In 1980 the Third District Illinois Appellate Court reversed Savory's convictions and ordered a new trial based on it determination that Savory's alleged confession was involuntary and his Miranda rights were violated. He was retried in 1981 and found guilty of murder. Two of three witnesses who testified at his second trial recanted their testimony two years later. Savory was parolled in 2006. On January 12, 2015 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn pardoned Johnnie Lee Savory, As of April 2016 a motion for a new trial based on new DNA evidence excluding Savory is pending in Peoria County Circuit Court."
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Defendant Aided By:	Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions
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Age When Imprisoned:	14
Age When Released:	43
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Johnnie Lee Savory receives pardon in 1977 Peoria double murder case, Journal Star (Peoria, IL), By Andy Kravetz, January 13, 2015"
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Johnnie Lee Savory

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

50 to 100 years

Years Imprisoned:

29

Year Crime:

1977

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Peoria

City of Crime:

Peoria

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

14

Age When Released:

43

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Johnnie Lee Savory receives pardon in 1977 Peoria double murder case, Journal Star (Peoria, IL), By Andy Kravetz, January 13, 2015"

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