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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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17 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year
Cleared:
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2003 |
Location
of Trial:
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Illinois |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death after being tortured into a false confession by police who suffocated him by placing a plastic bag over his head, "electro-shocked" him, and squeezed his scrotum. Leroy Orange was pardoned by IL Gov. George Ryan on Jan. 10, 2003, and released after spending 17 years on Illinois' death row." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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"Tortured into a false confession by police who suffocated him by placing a plastic bag over his head, "electro-shocked" him, and squeezed his scrotum." |
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Information Source 1: |
Illinois Governor George Ryan Pardoned Four Innocent Men Condemned to Death ON January 10, 2003, and the Next Day He Cleared Illinois' Death Row, Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 9, pg. 25-30. |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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