Ameer Ben Ali

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:	1891
Year Convicted:	1891
Year Cleared:	1902
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	New York
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Sentence Commuted
Summary of Case:	"Ameer Ben Ali was wrongly convicted on July 10, 1891 of murder in the death of a woman in Manhattan, New York on April 24, 1891. After his conviction by a jury Ameer Ali was sentenced to life in prison. On April 16, 1902 New York Governor Odel commutted Ali's sentence based on the new evidence of his innocence."
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Information Source 1:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932, pp. 50-44 (Chp. "Frenchy" Ameer Ben All"")"
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Ameer Ben Ali

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

1891

Year Convicted:

1891

Year Cleared:

1902

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

New York

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Sentence Commuted

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Innocence Proved By:

"On April 16, 1902 New York Governor Odel commutted Ali's sentence based on the new evidence of his innocence."

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Male

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"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932, pp. 50-44 (Chp. "Frenchy" Ameer Ben All"")"

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