# Dixmoor 5

Overturned · 1991

The Dixmoor 5 are five African-American men who, as teenagers, were falsely convicted of the November 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews in Dixmoor, Illinois. 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…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=37683887
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/dixmoor-5-w37683887

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