Kia Stewart

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	9.7
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Louisiana
County or Region of Crime:	Orleans
City of Crime:	New Orleans
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kia Stewart was wrongly convicted in 2009 of second-degree murder in New Orleans, Louisiana for a killing that occurred in 2005. A post-conviction investigation discovered several alibi witnesses, and a witness who identified another man as the shooter. On April 13, 2015 Stewart's motion for a new trial based on new exculpatory eyewitness evidence was granted, and the judge then granted the Orleans Parish DA's motion to dismiss the charges. Stewart was released that day. In September 2017 Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Arthur Hunter ordered the State of New Orleans to pay Stewart $180,000 in compensation (The payout was $25,000 for each year Stewart was incarcerated after his conviction. He received no compensation for his time jailed awaiting trial.). Stewart could also apply for $80,000 in additional compensation for r “loss of life opportunities.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 13, 2015 Stewart's motion for a new trial based on new exculpatory eyewitness evidence was granted, and the judge then granted the Orleans Parish DA's motion to dismiss the charges."
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project - New Orleans and Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Project
Compensation Awarded:	"$180,000 (State of Louisiana, Sept. 2017)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Prosecutor-local Innocence Project joint work brings freedom to man convicted in 2005 killing, By Assoc. Press, WDSU (New Orleans), April 13, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/prosecutorlocal-innocence-project-joint-work-brings-freedom-to-man-convicted-in-2005-killing/32345020
Information Source 2:	"Angola lifer has conviction overturned, charges dropped for pre-Hurricane Katrina killing, By Helen Freund (Staff writer), The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), April 13, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/conviction_overturned_charges.html
Information Source 3:	"Judge orders $180,000 payout for wrongfully convicted N.O. man, By Matt Sledge (Staff reporter), Oct 3, 2017"
Information Location 3:	http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_93837d94-a7c8-11e7-ae80-878524affe3e.html
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Kia Stewart

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

9.7

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Louisiana

County or Region of Crime:

Orleans

City of Crime:

New Orleans

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 13, 2015 Stewart's motion for a new trial based on new exculpatory eyewitness evidence was granted, and the judge then granted the Orleans Parish DA's motion to dismiss the charges."

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project - New Orleans and Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Project

Compensation Awarded:

"$180,000 (State of Louisiana, Sept. 2017)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Prosecutor-local Innocence Project joint work brings freedom to man convicted in 2005 killing, By Assoc. Press, WDSU (New Orleans), April 13, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/prosecutorlocal-innocence-project-joint-work-brings-freedom-to-man-convicted-in-2005-killing/32345020

Information Source 2:

"Angola lifer has conviction overturned, charges dropped for pre-Hurricane Katrina killing, By Helen Freund (Staff writer), The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), April 13, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/04/conviction_overturned_charges.html

Information Source 3:

"Judge orders $180,000 payout for wrongfully convicted N.O. man, By Matt Sledge (Staff reporter), Oct 3, 2017"

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http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_93837d94-a7c8-11e7-ae80-878524affe3e.html

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