Ray Krone

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Resentenced to Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona
County or Region of Crime:	Maricopa
City of Crime:	Phoenix
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ray Krone was wrongly convicted of a Phoenix, Arizona murder in 1992, and he was sentenced to death. After his conviction was overturned he was again convicted after a retrial, and he was sentenced to life in prison. Krone was exonerated in 2002 by DNA tests of crime scene evidence that him as the assailant. Krone was awarded $1.4 million in compensation in April 2005 by the State of Arizona, and an additional $3 million in compensation in September 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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Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$4.4 million total. $1.4 million (State of Arizona, April 2005) and $3 million (City of Phoenix, September 2005)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Phoenix OKs $3 mil krone settlement, Beth Defalco (AP), Tthe Arizona Republic, September 28, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0928krone28.html#
Information Source 2:	Innocence Project database
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=105
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Ray Krone

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Resentenced to Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona

County or Region of Crime:

Maricopa

City of Crime:

Phoenix

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$4.4 million total. $1.4 million (State of Arizona, April 2005) and $3 million (City of Phoenix, September 2005)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

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

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

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Innocence Project database

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

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