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  1. 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. This case is the first exoneration since Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears started the Conviction Integrity Unit in 2021.

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  2. Mar 9, 2023 · Leon Benson, incarcerated for nearly 25 years for the execution-style murder of a Plainfield man, has steadfastly maintained his innocence.

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  3. May 20, 2024 · Leon Benson was convicted in the Aug. 8, 1998 deadly shooting of Kasey Schoen, who was found shot to death in the cab of his truck at 14th and Pennsylvania streets in Indianapolis. Court records show Benson was tried in 1999 for Schoen's murder. It ended in a mistrial.

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  5. Mar 10, 2023 · Leon Benson, 47, left the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton a free man Thursday after an investigation revealed police failed to disclose key evidence, including information implicating someone else in the crime, The Indianapolis Star reported.

  6. Mar 8, 2024 · Leon Benson was exonerated from prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder more than 26-years-ago. On Friday, he returned to Indianapolis for a “Rebirth Celebration."

  7. 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...

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  8. Mar 9, 2024 · Leon Benson spent more than 1/2 his life behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. The judge decided last year to exonerate him. Today, I sat down with him about the detective who withheld key evidence, life in prison, & what he's doing now.

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