Arthur Barber

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1965
Year Convicted:	1969
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Arthur Barber was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1967 in Bronx County, New York. His conviction was based on his false confession coerced by being beaten by the police. Barber was sentenced to life in prison. Berber's conviction was reversed by a federal court that in granting his habeas corpus petition ruled he had been arrested without probable cause, beaten by the police, and his confession had been obtained by "a pattern of lawlessness which shocks the conscience." (MJ, SLR) The charges against Barber wer subsequently dismissed."
Conviction Caused By:	"Confession extracted by what the federal court described as "a pattern of lawlessness which shocks the conscience.""
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by federal court in 1975 and the charges were dismissed.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 284."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 95."
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Arthur Barber

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1965

Year Convicted:

1969

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Confession extracted by what the federal court described as "a pattern of lawlessness which shocks the conscience.""

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by federal court in 1975 and the charges were dismissed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 284."

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 95."

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