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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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10 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death and Resentenced to Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1992 |
Year
Cleared:
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2002 |
Location
of Trial:
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Arizona |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Death Row Inmate for 4 years, after retrial sentenced to life in prison. Exonerated by DNA evidence in 2002. Awarded $1.4 millin in compensation in April 2005 by the State of Arizona, and an additional $3 million in compensation in Septmeber 2005 by the City of Phoenix, for a total of $4.4 million. Krone's parents mortgaged their home and spent $300,000 trying to exonerate their son. |
Conviction
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Innocence
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Compensation Awarded: |
$4.4 million ($1.4 million from State of AZ and $3 million from City of Phoenix) |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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26 |
Age
When Released:
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37 |
Information Source 1: |
Innocence Project database |
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Location 1:
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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=105 |
Information
Source 2:
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Phoenix oks $3 mil krone settlement, Beth Defalco (AP), Tthe Arizona Republic, September 28, 2005 |
Information
Location 2:
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0928krone28.html# |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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