Jamal Trulove

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	50 years to life
Years Imprisoned:	6.42
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Jamal Trulove was wrongly convicted in 2010 of first-degree murder in San Francisco, California. After his conviction by a jury, Trulove was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. He was acquitted on March 11, 2015 following a retrial. Trulove filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of San Francisco and police officers involved in his prosecution. On March 19, 2019 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a settlement agreement of the lawsuit for $13.1 million. The settlement agreement was for more than $2 million for the slightly more than 6-1/3 years Trulove spent in custody."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$13,100,000 (City of San Francisco, March 19, 2019)"
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Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex-reality TV show contestant acquitted of murder in S.F. retrial, By Jaxon Van Derbeken, SFGate.com, March 11, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-reality-TV-show-contestant-acquitted-of-murder-6128811.php
Information Source 2:	"SF reaches $13.1M settlement with man framed by police for murder, By Michael Barba, San Francisco Examiner, March 18, 2019"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-reaches-13-1m-settlement-man-framed-police-murder/
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Jamal Trulove

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

50 years to life

Years Imprisoned:

6.42

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$13,100,000 (City of San Francisco, March 19, 2019)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex-reality TV show contestant acquitted of murder in S.F. retrial, By Jaxon Van Derbeken, SFGate.com, March 11, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ex-reality-TV-show-contestant-acquitted-of-murder-6128811.php

Information Source 2:

"SF reaches $13.1M settlement with man framed by police for murder, By Michael Barba, San Francisco Examiner, March 18, 2019"

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http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-reaches-13-1m-settlement-man-framed-police-murder/

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