Dixmoor 5
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Dixmoor 5
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The Dixmoor 5 are five African-American men who, as teenagers in Dixmoor, Illinois, were falsely convicted of the November 1991 rape and murder of 14-year-old Cateresa Matthews. At the time of arrest, the defendants, Robert Taylor, Jonathan Barr, James Harden, Robert Lee Veal and Shainne Sharp were all between the ages of 14 and 16. During high-pressure interviews, three of them gave false confessions leading to convictions for all five. The teens alleged that they were coerced into confessing,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixmoor_5
date created:
2012-11-19T03:42:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:17:11Z
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