Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
4 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.5 |
Year Crime: |
2006 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Illinois |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cook |
City of Crime: |
Chicago |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
#REF! |
Conviction Caused By: |
Chicago Police Department Sergeant Ronald Watts and officers under his command fabricated the charges. |
Innocence Proved By: |
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Defendant Aided By: |
Cook County State's Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit |
Compensation Awarded: |
"$80,000 (State of Illinois, 2018)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
28 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Mass exoneration: Convictions of 15 men, tied to tainted CPD officer, overturned, By John Garcia and Cate Cauguiran and Craig Wall, ABC 7 (Chicago), November 16, 2017" |
Information Location 1: |
http://abc7chicago.com/mass-exoneration-convictions-of-15-men-tied-to-tainted-cpd-officer-overturned/2656195/ |
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"15 fight to overturn convictions under allegedly corrupt cops, By Evelyn Holmes, ABC 7 (Chicago), September 13, 2017" |
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http://abc7chicago.com/15-fight-to-overturn-convictions-under-allegedly-corrupt-cops/2413389/ |
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