Innocent and sentenced to 40-80 years at 17 years of age
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In 1977, when Johnnie Lee Savory was 14, he was falsely accused and unjustly convicted for killing his best friend and his best friend's sister in their hometown of Peoria, Illinois. With the help of the Center on Wrongful Convictions and the support of groups like the Innocent Project, he was recently paroled and released in late 2006, after spending 30 years in prison.
In this video, Johnnie describes how the results of his first trial were thrown out, but he was convicted a second time when the prosecution manufactured a case against him.
In this video, Johnnie describes how the results of his first trial were thrown out, but he was convicted a second time when the prosecution manufactured a case against him.
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