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Juan A. Rivera Jr. (born October 31, 1972) is an American man who was wrongfully convicted three times for the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker in Waukegan, Illinois. He was convicted twice on the basis of a confession that he said was coerced.
CWC Client Juan Rivera walked out of Stateville Correctional Center on January 6, 2012, after Lake County State's Attorney Michael Waller announced that the state would not appeal a unanimous Illinois Appellate Court decision throwing out Rivera's conviction for the 1992 murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker in Waukegan.
In October 2012, he filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against Lake County law enforcement officials alleging they framed him. The lawsuit was settled in March 2015 for $20 million--the largest such settlement in Illinois history.
Mar 20, 2015 · A wrongful conviction case in Lake County has settled at $20 million, the largest-ever settlement of its kind in U.S. history, according to plaintiff Juan Rivera's attorneys.
Juan Rivera received $20 million in a settlement for the 20 years he spent in prison before DNA evidence cleared him. Now he's using some of that money to give back.
Juan Rivera was convicted of first degree murder by a jury in Lake County, Illinois. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. C6208. This was Rivera’s third trial. The first trial, in 1993, resulted in a conviction that this Court overturned. People v. Rivera, No. 2-94-0075 (Nov. 19, 1996). The second trial, in 1998,
Jun 24, 2021 · Rivera was convicted three times in the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker in Waukegan, Illinois, even though law enforcement records showed that Rivera was on...
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