Monday, March 19, 2007
Avery 1st Exonerated Man To Be Convicted of Murder - CBC
A man who spent almost half his life in prison for a rape he didn't commit is the first person ever exonerated through DNA evidence and then convicted of murder, according to a national group.Steven Avery, 44, was released from prison in 2003 after serving 18 years for a 1985 rape that DNA evidence proved he did not commit. On Sunday, a Manitowoc County jury found him guilty of shooting photographer Teresa Halbach in the head near his family's auto salvage lot in rural Manitowoc County on Oct. 31, 2005.
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... only 21 states compensate people who are wrongly convicted, and only a handful provide college tuition and health coverage to help them acclimate to life outside prison.In Wisconsin, a wrongfully convicted person gets no more than $5,000 a year for each year of imprisonment and not more than $25,000 altogether. Avery filed a $36 million civil lawsuit for his wrongful conviction, but settled for $400,000 after he was arrested in the murder case. His proceeds were $240,000, which went to his lawyers fees in the homicide case.
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Marvin Anderson, who was exonerated in Virginia after 15 years in prison, recently bought the trucking company where he previously worked as a driver.--Anthony Robinson, who was exonerated in Texas after 10 years in prison, got a law degree and has been studying in China to get a doctorate in Chinese law. ...
A man who spent almost half his life in prison for a rape he didn't commit is the first person ever exonerated through DNA evidence and then convicted of murder, according to a national group.Steven Avery, 44, was released from prison in 2003 after serving 18 years for a 1985 rape that DNA evidence proved he did not commit. On Sunday, a Manitowoc County jury found him guilty of shooting photographer Teresa Halbach in the head near his family's auto salvage lot in rural Manitowoc County on Oct. 31, 2005.
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... only 21 states compensate people who are wrongly convicted, and only a handful provide college tuition and health coverage to help them acclimate to life outside prison.In Wisconsin, a wrongfully convicted person gets no more than $5,000 a year for each year of imprisonment and not more than $25,000 altogether. Avery filed a $36 million civil lawsuit for his wrongful conviction, but settled for $400,000 after he was arrested in the murder case. His proceeds were $240,000, which went to his lawyers fees in the homicide case.
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Marvin Anderson, who was exonerated in Virginia after 15 years in prison, recently bought the trucking company where he previously worked as a driver.--Anthony Robinson, who was exonerated in Texas after 10 years in prison, got a law degree and has been studying in China to get a doctorate in Chinese law. ...
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