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During high pressure interviews, three of them gave false confessions leading to convictions for all five. The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing, claiming they were physically abused and threatened during their interrogations. One of the boys who confessed had an IQ of 56 and developmental disabilities. Two pleaded guilty and testified against the others in exchange for shorter sentences. Both men have since recanted their testimony. Each received at least 80 years in prison.<ref name=CBS>{{cite news|title=‘Dixmoor 5′ Sue Over Wrongful Rape, Murder Convictions|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/dixmoor-5-sue-over-wrongful-rape-murder-convictions/|agency=CBS Chicago|date=October 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Innocence>{{cite news|title=Background on Dixmoor and Englewood cases |url=http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Background_on_Dixmoor_and_Englewood_cases.php |accessdate=21 June 2014 |agency=Innocence Project |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113075330/http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Background_on_Dixmoor_and_Englewood_cases.php |archivedate=13 November 2011 |df= }}</ref> |
During high pressure interviews, three of them gave false confessions leading to convictions for all five. The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing, claiming they were physically abused and threatened during their interrogations. One of the boys who confessed had an IQ of 56 and developmental disabilities. Two pleaded guilty and testified against the others in exchange for shorter sentences. Both men have since recanted their testimony. Each received at least 80 years in prison.<ref name=CBS>{{cite news|title=‘Dixmoor 5′ Sue Over Wrongful Rape, Murder Convictions|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/10/17/dixmoor-5-sue-over-wrongful-rape-murder-convictions/|agency=CBS Chicago|date=October 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Innocence>{{cite news|title=Background on Dixmoor and Englewood cases |url=http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Background_on_Dixmoor_and_Englewood_cases.php |accessdate=21 June 2014 |agency=Innocence Project |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113075330/http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Background_on_Dixmoor_and_Englewood_cases.php |archivedate=13 November 2011 |df= }}</ref> |
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In 2011, DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, a felon who had |
In 2011, DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, Willie Randolph, a felon who had recently been released on parole.<ref name=Settlement/> Randolph, a convicted sex offender, was later charged on September 1, 2016, for the rape and murder of Cateresa Matthews.<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dixmoor-five-arrest-met-20160831-story.html</ref> A suit filed by the men alleges police withheld exculpatory evidence, including the DNA, from their defense teams.<ref name=Janssen>{{cite news|last1=Janssen|first1=Kim|title=Dixmoor Five, wrongly convicted of murder, sue police|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/15806517-418/dixmoor-five-wrongly-convicted-of-rape-sue-police.html#.U6XsyPboct4|agency=Chicago Sun Times|date=October 17, 2012}}</ref> 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> |
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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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. At the time of arrest, the defendants, Robert Taylor, Jonathan Barr, James Harden, Robert Lee Veal and Shainne Sharp were all between the ages of 14 and 16.
During high pressure interviews, three of them gave false confessions leading to convictions for all five. The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing, claiming they were physically abused and threatened during their interrogations. One of the boys who confessed had an IQ of 56 and developmental disabilities. Two pleaded guilty and testified against the others in exchange for shorter sentences. Both men have since recanted their testimony. Each received at least 80 years in prison.[1][2]
In 2011, DNA tests connected semen on Cateresa to another man, Willie Randolph, a felon who had recently been released on parole.[3] Randolph, a convicted sex offender, was later charged on September 1, 2016, for the rape and murder of Cateresa Matthews.[4] A suit filed by the men alleges police withheld exculpatory evidence, including the DNA, from their defense teams.[5] Their convictions were vacated November 3, 2011 and those remaining incarcerated were released.[6]
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.[3]
See also
- List of wrongful convictions in the United States
- Innocence Project
- Innocent prisoner's dilemma
- Miscarriage of justice
- Overturned convictions in the United States
Notes
- ^ "'Dixmoor 5′ Sue Over Wrongful Rape, Murder Convictions". CBS Chicago. October 17, 2012.
- ^ "Background on Dixmoor and Englewood cases". Innocence Project. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Mills, Steve (June 25, 2014). "$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dixmoor-five-arrest-met-20160831-story.html
- ^ Janssen, Kim (October 17, 2012). "Dixmoor Five, wrongly convicted of murder, sue police". Chicago Sun Times.
- ^ Steve Mills and Andrew Grimm, Convictions vacated in '91 rape, slaying of Dixmoor girl, Chicago Tribune, 2011-11-03. Accessed online 2012-11-18.
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