# Steven Avery

Exonerated 2003 · 2003

In 2003, Steven Avery was exonerated of a 1985 rape conviction in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. DNA testing excluded him as the source of biological evidence and pointed to another man who had been convicted of a different sexual assault.

Original record: https://innocenceproject.org/cases/steven-avery/
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/steven-avery-ip418

## On the record (quotes checked against the source text)

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## Timeline

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## Open questions

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## Unverified findings

None.


## Sources

1. Innocence Project record, https://innocenceproject.org/cases/steven-avery/


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