# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-dils
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:03:35.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-dils"
name: "Patrick Dils"
slug: "patrick-dils"
description: "Patrick Dils 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 30 April 1987, at the age of 16. On 27 January 1989, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment for murder. On 24 April 2002 after spending 15 years in prison, he was exonerated. The French government gave him one million euros for judicial mistake. This is one of the most serious judicial mistakes recognised in France and it's the first one concerning a minor sentenced to life imprisonment for murder."
tagline: "French victim of a miscarriage of justice"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1970-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.62
  momentum:             3.993382540086537
  historical:           4.454865333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3369395"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils"
    title: "Patrick Dils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils"
    title: "Patrick Dils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils"
    title: "Patrick Dils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils"
    title: "Patrick Dils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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