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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

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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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