Franklin Thompson

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	24 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Will
City of Crime:	Joliet
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Franklin Thompson
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Defendant Aided By:	Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions
Compensation Awarded:	"$138,000 (State of Illinois)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	47
Age When Released:	54
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Franklin Thompson, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3683
Information Source 2:	"Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003, Samuel R Gross et al, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2005"
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Franklin Thompson

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

24 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Will

City of Crime:

Joliet

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Franklin Thompson

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions

Compensation Awarded:

"$138,000 (State of Illinois)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

47

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Franklin Thompson, The National Registry of Exonerations"

Information Location 1:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3683

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"Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003, Samuel R Gross et al, The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2005"

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