Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Tax Evasion (including income tax evasion) |
Sentence: |
6 years |
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Year Crime: |
1960 |
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Year Cleared: |
1962 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Illinois - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cook |
City of Crime: |
Chicago |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Antonino Joseph Accardo was wrongly convicted on November 11, 1960 of federal income tax evasion. Accardo was sentenced to six years in prison. " |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Tony Accardo; Reputed Chicago Mob Boss, By Psyche Pascual (Times staff writer) and Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1992" |
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http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-28/news/mn-287_1_reputed-chicago-mob-boss |
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"Accardo Fights Conviction, By Associated Press, The Daily Illini, November 17, 1960, p. 10" |
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