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Ray Krone


Years Imprisoned:

10

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Resentenced to Life Imprisonment

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2002

Location of Trial:

Arizona

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

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.

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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?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

37

Information Source 1:

Innocence Project database

Information Location 1:

http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=105

Information Source 2:

Phoenix oks $3 mil krone settlement, Beth Defalco (AP), Tthe Arizona Republic, September 28, 2005

Information Location 2:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0928krone28.html#

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Ethnicity/Skin:

White

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