Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Kidnapping and Robbery |
Sentence: |
20 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
6.5 |
Year Crime: |
1997 |
Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ohio |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cuyahoga |
City of Crime: |
Cleveland |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Thomas Siller and Walter Zimmer were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1998 of a kidnapping and robbery committed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1997. In a separate prosecution, Zimmer and Siller were also wrongly convicted in 2001 of a murder committed in 1997 in Cleveland." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
42 |
Age When Released: |
55 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Thomas Siller and Walter Zimmer, imprisoned for beating elderly woman to death: Whatever happened to ...?, By Leila Atassi (Reporter), Northeast Ohio Media Group, April 2, 2012" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/thomas_siller_and_walter_zimme.html |
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"Cleveland agrees to pay $1.3 million to two men wrongfully convicted of murder, By James F. McCarty (Starr Writer) The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), April 3, 2014" |
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http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/04/cleveland_agrees_to_pay_13_mil.html |
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