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The '''Dixmoor 5''' are five [[African-American]] men who, as teenagers in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], were falsely convicted of the 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. After recanted testimony and [[DNA evidence]], their convictions were vacated November 3, 2011 and those remaining incarcerated were released.<ref>Steve Mills and Andrew Grimm, [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-03/news/chi-prosecutors-vacate-convictions-in-91-rape-slaying-of-dixmoor-girl-20111103_1_dna-tests-cateresa-matthews-murder-convictions Convictions vacated in '91 rape, slaying of Dixmoor girl], ''Chicago Tribune'', 2011-11-03. Accessed online 2012-11-18.</ref> |
The '''Dixmoor 5''' are five [[African-American]] men who, as teenagers in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], were falsely convicted of the 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. After recanted testimony and [[DNA evidence]], their convictions were vacated November 3, 2011 and those remaining incarcerated were released.<ref>Steve Mills and Andrew Grimm, [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-03/news/chi-prosecutors-vacate-convictions-in-91-rape-slaying-of-dixmoor-girl-20111103_1_dna-tests-cateresa-matthews-murder-convictions Convictions vacated in '91 rape, slaying of Dixmoor girl], ''Chicago Tribune'', 2011-11-03. Accessed online 2012-11-18.</ref> |
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In 2014, they reached a wrongful conviction settlement with the state of Illinois for $40 million US dollars, the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history.<ref name=Settlement>{{cite news|last1=Mills|first1=Steve|title=$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-isp-agrees-to-pay-40m-to-five-wrongly-convicted-of-dixmoor-rape-murder-20140624,0,7268612.story?track=rss|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 02:30, 26 June 2014
The Dixmoor 5 are five African-American men who, as teenagers in Chicago, Illinois, were falsely convicted of the 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. After recanted testimony and DNA evidence, their convictions were vacated November 3, 2011 and those remaining incarcerated were released.[1]
In 2014, they reached a wrongful conviction settlement with the state of Illinois for $40 million US dollars, the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history.[2]
See also
- List of wrongful convictions for murder in the United States
- Innocence Project
- Innocent prisoner's dilemma
- Miscarriage of justice
- Overturned convictions in the United States
Notes
- ^ Steve Mills and Andrew Grimm, Convictions vacated in '91 rape, slaying of Dixmoor girl, Chicago Tribune, 2011-11-03. Accessed online 2012-11-18.
- ^ Mills, Steve (June 25, 2014). "$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder". Chicago Tribune.
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