Jason Strong

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	46 years
Years Imprisoned:	15.5
Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Lake
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Jason Strong was wrongly convicted on October 18, 2000 of first-degree murder in the death of Mary Kate Sunderlin, whose body was found on December 9, 1999 in Lake County, Illinois. Strong was sentenced to 46 years in prison."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession
Innocence Proved By:	"A motion by the prosecutor's office to dismiss the charges was granted on May 28, 2015, and Strong was released later that day."
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Jason Strong released after wrongful conviction in Mary Kate Sunderlin murder, By Staff, ABC7Chicago.com, May 28, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://abc7chicago.com/news/jason-strong-released-after-wrongful-conviction-in-1999-murder/746479/
Information Source 2:	"Man is sixth person in Lake County since 2010 to have murder charges dropped, By Lee Filas, Daily Herald, May 28, 2015"
Information Location 2:	https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150528/news/150528747/
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Jason Strong

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

46 years

Years Imprisoned:

15.5

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Lake

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Jason Strong was wrongly convicted on October 18, 2000 of first-degree murder in the death of Mary Kate Sunderlin, whose body was found on December 9, 1999 in Lake County, Illinois. Strong was sentenced to 46 years in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession

Innocence Proved By:

"A motion by the prosecutor's office to dismiss the charges was granted on May 28, 2015, and Strong was released later that day."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Jason Strong released after wrongful conviction in Mary Kate Sunderlin murder, By Staff, ABC7Chicago.com, May 28, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://abc7chicago.com/news/jason-strong-released-after-wrongful-conviction-in-1999-murder/746479/

Information Source 2:

"Man is sixth person in Lake County since 2010 to have murder charges dropped, By Lee Filas, Daily Herald, May 28, 2015"

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https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150528/news/150528747/

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