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Exonerated 2007

Jerry Miller

Year
2007
Where
Illinois
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

On April 23, 2007, Jerry Miller became the 200th person in the U.S. to be exonerated through DNA evidence.

One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What evidence was the conviction built on, and what has changed since trial?

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