Wayne Washington Jr

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	14
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wayne Washington, Jr. and Tyrone Hood were codefendants."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession that implicated his co-defendant Tyrone Hood.
Innocence Proved By:	"On February 9, 2015 a Cook County judge granted a motion by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office to dismiss the indictments against Hood and Washington."
Defendant Aided By:	Cook County State's Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Murder conviction dismissed for man who spent 22 years in prison, By Patrick M. O'Connell (Staff writer), Chicago Tribune, February 9, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tyrone-hood-conviction-dismissed-met-0210-20150209-story.html
Information Source 2:	"Tyrone Hood freed in wrongful conviction case after serving 21 years, By Evelyn Holmes, ABC News, February 9, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://abc7chicago.com/news/man-freed-in-wrongful-conviction-case-after-serving-21-years/510487/
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Wayne Washington Jr

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Wayne Washington, Jr. and Tyrone Hood were codefendants."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession that implicated his co-defendant Tyrone Hood.

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 9, 2015 a Cook County judge granted a motion by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office to dismiss the indictments against Hood and Washington."

Defendant Aided By:

Cook County State's Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Murder conviction dismissed for man who spent 22 years in prison, By Patrick M. O'Connell (Staff writer), Chicago Tribune, February 9, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tyrone-hood-conviction-dismissed-met-0210-20150209-story.html

Information Source 2:

"Tyrone Hood freed in wrongful conviction case after serving 21 years, By Evelyn Holmes, ABC News, February 9, 2015"

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http://abc7chicago.com/news/man-freed-in-wrongful-conviction-case-after-serving-21-years/510487/

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