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  1. www.indystar.com › story › newsLeon Benson exonerated after imprisonment for Indianapolis murder

    Mar 9, 2023 · Leon Benson, incarcerated for nearly 25 years for the execution-style murder of a Plainfield man, has steadfastly maintained his innocence. On Thursday, Benson, 47, walked out of the Correctional ...

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  4. www.wthr.com › article › newsIndianapolis man exonerated after 25 years in prison | wthr.com

    Mar 11, 2023 · Leon Benson walked out of prison a free man Thursday, 25 years after he was sent to prison for a murder he didn't commit. On Aug. 8, 1998, Kasey Schoen, a white man, was shot five times as he sat in his truck on 14th Street, near Pennsylvania Street. The truck was running, the transmission was in drive, Schoen's foot was on the brake.

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  5. www.law.umich.edu › special › exonerationLeon Benson - National Registry of Exonerations

    Leon Benson. Other Marion County, Indiana exonerations. Leon Benson embraces Kelly Bauder, co-director of the Marion County Conviction Ingrity Unit. (Photo: Jenna Watson: IndyStar) On March 9, 2023, 47-year-old Leon Benson, who was convicted of a 1998 murder in Indianapolis, Indiana, was freed from prison after his conviction was vacated based ...

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  7. www.usfca.edu › news › Leon-Benson-exonerationWrongfully Convicted Man Now Free, Thanks to Law Professors ...

    Mar 15, 2023 · Assistant Professor Charlie Nelson Keever, Leon Benson, and Professor Lara Bazelon outside the state prison in Pendleton, Indiana, on March 9. Leon Benson spent more than half his life — 25 years — in an Indiana state prison. Eleven years in solitary confinement. Benson’s first-degree murder ...

  8. www.cnn.com › videos › usSee the moment a man walked free after serving 25 years for ...

    Mar 11, 2023 · Leon Benson, an Indianapolis man who waswrongly convicted of a first-degree murder that happened in 1998, has become the first person to be exonerated by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office ...

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  10. www.indystar.com › story › newsLeon Benson, focus of 'Suspect' podcast, spent 20 years in prison

    May 3, 2023 · After all, Leon Benson was convicted and sentenced in 1999 for the murder of Kasey Schoen. But prosecutors no longer believe they got the right man. And in March, Benson was exonerated by a judge ...

  11. www.indystar.com › picture-gallery › newsLeon Benson is exonerated after spending nearly 25 years in ...

    Mar 9, 2023 · Leon Benson, 47, was released from prison in March 2023 after being cleared of the 1998 killing of Kasey Schoen in Indianapolis. An investigation revealed that a police detective withheld evidence implicating another suspect in the case.

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