Dean Cage, had been sentenced to 40 years in prison for an aggravated sexual assault, that he said he didn't commit. Jewel was his alibi. At the time of the attack, she said, he was asleep next to her.
A young girl described Dean Cage as the man who brutally attacked her as she walked to her bus stop on a dark November morning. She was just 15.
Jewel was his alibi. At the time of the attack, she said, he was asleep next to her. The day they'd planned to marry had come and gone with Dean in the Cook County Jail, unable to get him released as they could not afford the bond set at half a million dollars.
On the day of the verdict, family and co-workers packed the courtroom to support a man who'd never been arrested before in his life. Jewel wore her best navy pantsuit and told her older brother:Today, my fiancé is coming home.
- Dean Cage was sentenced to prison for 40 years for a crime he said he didn't commit
- His fiance, Jewel Mitchell, faced single motherhood and financial insecurity
- Dean began writing the Innocence Project for help
- "It was almost like he was dead," Jewel says. "That's how bad it hurt."
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