Evan Zimmerman

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3.33
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Dodge
City of Crime:	Eau Claire
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Evan Zimmerman was wrongly convicted in 2001 of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was based on the prosecution's claim that a single strand of hair found in the woman's van belonged to Zimmerman's dog. His conviction was overturned in 2003 and a retrial ordered. Exonerated in April 2005 after DNA testing of crime scene evidence excluded Zimmerman as the woman's attacker. He was aided by the University of Wisconsin Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project, Evan Zimmerman was wrongly imprisoned for 3-1/2 years, and suffered a stroke while imprisoned."
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Innocence Proved By:	Charges dropped by prosecution after discovery the perpetrator's DNA did not match that of Zimmerman.
Defendant Aided By:	"University of Wisconsin Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project,"
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	53
Age When Released:	56
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Former Augusta Cop Wrongly Convicted, WKOW-TV, April 29, 2005"
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Evan Zimmerman

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3.33

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Dodge

City of Crime:

Eau Claire

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Charges dropped by prosecution after discovery the perpetrator's DNA did not match that of Zimmerman.

Defendant Aided By:

"University of Wisconsin Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project,"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

53

Age When Released:

56

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Former Augusta Cop Wrongly Convicted, WKOW-TV, April 29, 2005"

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http://www.wkowtv.com/$spindb.query.listnews.storeview.14485

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