Jimmy Williams

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Summit
City of Crime:	Akron
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jimmy Williams was wrongly convicted of rape in 1991 and sentenced to life in prison. Williams was released in 2001 after his accuser recanted. The Ohio Court of Claims awarded Williams $750,000 in compensation on September 29, 2003 for 10 years of wrongful imprisonment, and also awarded $49,240 to his post-conviction lawyer Thomas Watkins, and $35,343.85 to lawyer Edward Gilbert for assisting with Williams' compensation claim, for a total of $834,583.85."
Conviction Caused By:	False prosecution informant
Innocence Proved By:	Retraction of testimony by the prosecution's witness
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Compensation Awarded:	"$834,583.85 (State of Ohio, Sept. 29, 2003 -- $750,000 plus $84,583.85)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2-15-01 and 3-2-01"
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Information Source 2:	"Jimmy Williams and Thomas Watkins v. State of Ohio, No. 2002-09064 WI (Ohio Court of Claims, 9/29/2003 (Decision and Judgment For Plaintiff)"
Information Location 2:	http://cases.ohiocourtofclaims.gov/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/streamfile.p?Serial=030929000827611&Seq=1
Information Source 3:	"Jimmy Williams and Thomas Watkins v. State of Ohio, No. 2002-09064 WI (Ohio Court of Claims, 10/7/2002 (Complaint By Plaintiff Williams As Wrongfully Imprisoned Individual)"
Information Location 3:	http://cases.ohiocourtofclaims.gov/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/streamfile.p?Serial=021007000736866&Seq=1
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Jimmy Williams

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Summit

City of Crime:

Akron

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False prosecution informant

Innocence Proved By:

Retraction of testimony by the prosecution's witness

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$834,583.85 (State of Ohio, Sept. 29, 2003 -- $750,000 plus $84,583.85)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2-15-01 and 3-2-01"

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Information Source 2:

"Jimmy Williams and Thomas Watkins v. State of Ohio, No. 2002-09064 WI (Ohio Court of Claims, 9/29/2003 (Decision and Judgment For Plaintiff)"

Information Location 2:

http://cases.ohiocourtofclaims.gov/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/streamfile.p?Serial=030929000827611&Seq=1

Information Source 3:

"Jimmy Williams and Thomas Watkins v. State of Ohio, No. 2002-09064 WI (Ohio Court of Claims, 10/7/2002 (Complaint By Plaintiff Williams As Wrongfully Imprisoned Individual)"

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http://cases.ohiocourtofclaims.gov/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/streamfile.p?Serial=021007000736866&Seq=1

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