Walter Zimmer (1998 convictions)

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Charge:	Kidnapping and Robbery
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.5
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	Cleveland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Walter Zimmer and Thomas Siller were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1998 of a kidnapping and robbery committed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1997. In a separate prosecution, Zimmer and Siller were also wrongly convicted in 2001 of a murder committed in 1997 in Cleveland."
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	54
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Thomas Siller and Walter Zimmer, imprisoned for beating elderly woman to death: Whatever happened to ...?, By Leila Atassi (Reporter), Northeast Ohio Media Group, April 2, 2012"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/thomas_siller_and_walter_zimme.html
Information Source 2:	"Cleveland agrees to pay $1.3 million to two men wrongfully convicted of murder, By James F. McCarty (Starr Writer) The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), April 3, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/04/cleveland_agrees_to_pay_13_mil.html
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Walter Zimmer (1998 convictions)

Charge:

Kidnapping and Robbery

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.5

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

Cleveland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Walter Zimmer and Thomas Siller were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1998 of a kidnapping and robbery committed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1997. In a separate prosecution, Zimmer and Siller were also wrongly convicted in 2001 of a murder committed in 1997 in Cleveland."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Thomas Siller and Walter Zimmer, imprisoned for beating elderly woman to death: Whatever happened to ...?, By Leila Atassi (Reporter), Northeast Ohio Media Group, April 2, 2012"

Information Location 1:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/04/thomas_siller_and_walter_zimme.html

Information Source 2:

"Cleveland agrees to pay $1.3 million to two men wrongfully convicted of murder, By James F. McCarty (Starr Writer) The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), April 3, 2014"

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http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/04/cleveland_agrees_to_pay_13_mil.html

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