Louis William Bennett

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	35 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1957
Year Cleared:	1960
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Oklahoma
City of Crime:	Oklahoma City
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Louis William Bennett falsely confessed and pled guilty in 1957 to second-degree murder in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma out of fear he would get the death sentence if convicted. Louis Bennett was implicated because his fingerprints were found on a door in the victim's house. The victim was a friend of Bennett's, and his fingerprints were found on the victim's door because he had recently painted the door for the friend."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted by threats of having the death penalty imposed if Bennett was convicted.
Innocence Proved By:	""A Texas prisoner, Leonard McClain, had confessed to the crime, and authorities had verified the confession." Pardoned in 1960."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 96."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 252."
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Louis William Bennett

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

35 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1957

Year Cleared:

1960

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Oklahoma

City of Crime:

Oklahoma City

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted by threats of having the death penalty imposed if Bennett was convicted.

Innocence Proved By:

""A Texas prisoner, Leonard McClain, had confessed to the crime, and authorities had verified the confession." Pardoned in 1960."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 96."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 252."

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