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Place of Birth: Longeville-lès-Metz, Grand Est, France
About Patrick Dils
- Patrick Dils (born 30 June 1970 in Longeville-lès-Metz) is a French victim of a miscarriage of justice.
- He was accused of the murder of two boys in Montigny-lès-Metz, in Moselle on the 30th of April 1987, at the age of 16.
- On the 27 January 1989, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment for murder.
- On the 24 April 2002 after spending 15 years in prison, he was exonerated.
- The French government gave him one million euros (of which 700,000 euros in compensation) for judicial mistake.
- This is one of the most serious judicial mistakes recognized in France and it’s the first one concerning a minor sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
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