Delphine Bertrand

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	10 to 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.25
Year Crime:	1944
Year Convicted:	1944
Year Cleared:	1946
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	New London
City of Crime:	Old Lyme
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Delphine Bertrand falsely pled guilty to manslaughter in April 1944 to conceal that she was having sex with a man in a house at the same time, unbeknownst to her, the victim was killed by two other men. The crime occurred in Old Lyme, Connecticut. After the killers confessed, the indictment against her was dismissed in July 1946. She falsely confessed to murder because she thought it was better than having her sex life publicly revealed during a trial. No compensation was awarded for her more than 2 years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession to killing a man she didn't kill or harm in any way.
Innocence Proved By:	"After the actual killers (two men) confessed, the indictment against Bertrand was dismissed, and she was released in July 1946."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Female
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. 97."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 251."
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Delphine Bertrand

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

10 to 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.25

Year Crime:

1944

Year Convicted:

1944

Year Cleared:

1946

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

New London

City of Crime:

Old Lyme

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession to killing a man she didn't kill or harm in any way.

Innocence Proved By:

"After the actual killers (two men) confessed, the indictment against Bertrand was dismissed, and she was released in July 1946."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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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. 97."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 251."

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