Daniel Baxter

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.17
Year Crime:	1882
Year Convicted:	1882
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Middlesex
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Daniel Baxter was wrongly conivicted on April 3, 1882 of rape in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1882. Baxter's prosecution was based on his identification by the alleged victim. After Baxter's conviction by a jury in the Middlesex County Superior Court, Baxter was sentenced to 10 years in prison. After a full parole board hearing of the evidence, the District Attorney who tried the case determined there were serious doubts about the credibility of the complainant's testimony, and Baxter's guilt. On May 21, 1884 Daniel Baxter was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Middlesex County District Attorney that based on new evidence there were serious doubts about Baxter's guilt."
Conviction Caused By:	Unreliable testimony by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 21, 1884 Daniel Baxter was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Middlesex County District Attorney that based on new evidence there were serious doubts about Baxter's guilt."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 961."
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Daniel Baxter

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.17

Year Crime:

1882

Year Convicted:

1882

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Middlesex

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Unreliable testimony by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 21, 1884 Daniel Baxter was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Middlesex County District Attorney that based on new evidence there were serious doubts about Baxter's guilt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 961."

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