Billy Wardell

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Charge:	Sexual Assault and Robbery
Sentence:	55 years
Years Imprisoned:	9.5
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Billy Wardell was codefendant of Donald Reynolds. Both men were exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing. Wardell and Reynolds were each awarded $120,000 by the Illinois Court of Claims and $45,000 from the settlement of their lawsuit against the City of Chicago."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$165,000 total. $120,000 (Illinois Court of Claims) and $45,000 (City of Chicago)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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Billy Wardell

Charge:

Sexual Assault and Robbery

Sentence:

55 years

Years Imprisoned:

9.5

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Billy Wardell was codefendant of Donald Reynolds. Both men were exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing. Wardell and Reynolds were each awarded $120,000 by the Illinois Court of Claims and $45,000 from the settlement of their lawsuit against the City of Chicago."

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$165,000 total. $120,000 (Illinois Court of Claims) and $45,000 (City of Chicago)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=48

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