James Harden

First Name	James
Last Name	Harden
Year of Conviction	1995
Year of Exoneration	2011
Testing inculpated culprit	Cold Hit
State of Conviction	Illinois
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea	Bench Trial
Type of Crime	Rape and Murder
Death Sentence	No
Gender of Exoneree	Male
Race of exoneree	Black
Juvenile	Yes
Types of evidence at trial	DNA excluded Forensic Evidence Informant
Type of Forensic Evidence	DNA
Types of Flawed Forensics	Valid (Excluded)
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness	CD
Highest level reached	Appeal
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction	Sentencing — Noncapital
Citations to judicial opinions	People v. Harden et al., 738 N.E.2d 231 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998) People v. Harden, 707 N.E.2d 1242 (Ill. 1999) People v. Harden, 749 N.E.2d 980 (Ill ,2001) People v. Harden, 853 N.E. 2d 430 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003) Harden v. Illinois 535 U.S. 1025 (2002).