Jerry E. Watkins

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	60 years
Years Imprisoned:	15
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
County or Region of Crime:	Hancock
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jerry E. Watkins was wrongly convicted of murder based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence and use of perjured testimony. Jerry Watkins was exonerated and released on July 31, 2000 by post-conviction DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial, and exculpatory evidence concealed by the prosecution from his trial lawyer. "
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured prosecution informant and prosecution concealment of exculpatory evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"Watkins was exonerated and released on July 31, 2000 by post-conviction DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial, and exculpatory evidence concealed by the prosecution from his trial lawyer. "
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 1:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=76
Information Source 2:	Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct
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Jerry E. Watkins

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

60 years

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

Hancock

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured prosecution informant and prosecution concealment of exculpatory evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

"Watkins was exonerated and released on July 31, 2000 by post-conviction DNA tests unavailable at the time of his trial, and exculpatory evidence concealed by the prosecution from his trial lawyer. "

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=76

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Actual Innocence - Exonerated Individuals whose cases involved prosecutorial misconduct

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/default.aspx?sid=sidebarsb&aid=38

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