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   Why did Juan Rivera walk out of Stateville Correctional Center?

   • 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.

   Juan Rivera - Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

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   Can Juan Rivera Live a life after prison?

   • CHICAGO – For two decades, Juan Rivera never imagined a life after prison. After he was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, Rivera spent nearly 20 years behind bars at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois.

   Juan Rivera, wrongly convicted of murder, opens Chicago barber college

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   What happened to Robert Rivera?

   • Judge Christopher C. Starck sentenced Rivera to life in prison without parole. In 1996, the Illinois Appellate Court reversed that conviction based on a series of improper rulings by Starck that had crippled Rivera's right to defend himself at trial. Two years later, Rivera again was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison by Starck.

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   Where did John Rivera spend 20 years in prison?

   • After he was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, Rivera spent nearly 20 years behind bars at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois. “I learned in prison to never think about tomorrow, only about today,” said Rivera, 48. “Tomorrow is never promised to you.”

   Juan Rivera, wrongly convicted of murder, opens Chicago barber college

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Juan_Rivera_(wrongfulJuan Rivera (wrongful conviction) - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Known for: Being wrongfully convicted three times for the murder of Holly Staker and receiving the largest wrongful conviction settlement in US history

   • Born: Juan A. Rivera Jr., October 31, 1972 (age 50), Puerto Rico

3. www.law.northwestern.edu › il › juan-riveraExoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern ...

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   Juan Rivera freed after more than 19 years behind bars for a crime it had long been obvious he could not have committed. 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 ...

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5. www.law.umich.edu › special › exonerationJuan Rivera - National Registry of Exonerations

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   May 2, 2022 · Juan Rivera had served 20 years in prison. Rivera received a certificate of innocence and $213,600 in state compensation. In October 2012, he filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against Lake County law enforcement officials alleging they framed him.

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   WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- 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...

7. www.newyorker.com › news › news-deskJuan Rivera and the Dangers of Coercive Interrogation

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   May 22, 2015 · In 1993, Juan Rivera, a resident of Waukegan, Illinois, was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder, a year earlier, of an eleven-year-old girl named Holly Staker. For more than two...

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   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 electronic...

9. www.law.northwestern.edu › legalclinic › wrongfulIn the Appellate Court of Illinois

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   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,