Jerry D. Bigelow

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Merced
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jerry D. Bigelow was wrongly convicted of murder in Merced County, California. During Bigelow's trial he acted as his own attorney. After his conviction by a jury he was sentenced to death. In 1984 the California Supreme Court reversed Bigelow's conviction on the basis his trial was a sham because he was tried and given the death penalty without counsel. Jerry Bigelow was retried, and their was confusion about whether the jury found him guilty of murder in the way the juror form was filled out. Bigelow appealed. The California Court of Appeals ordered Bigelow's acquittal of murder on March 20, 1989. Bigelow was released from prison on July 6, 1989."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Acquittal ordered by the California Court of Appeals on March 20, 1989. Bigelow was released from prison on July 6, 1989."
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Bigelow v. Superior Court (People), No. H004787 (Court of Appeals of California, Sixth Appellate Dist., March 20, 1989) (Ordering acquittal of murder.)"
Information Location 1:	http://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/3d/208/1127.html
Information Source 2:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, p. 287."
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Information Source 3:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 3:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 4:	California Wrongful Convictions
Information Location 4:	http://www.amnesty-volunteer.org/usa/scal/death/innocence.html
Information Source 5:	"Inmate Walks Away From Death Row After His Acquittal, By Dan Morain (Staff writer), Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1989"
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Jerry D. Bigelow

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Merced

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Acquittal ordered by the California Court of Appeals on March 20, 1989. Bigelow was released from prison on July 6, 1989."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Bigelow v. Superior Court (People), No. H004787 (Court of Appeals of California, Sixth Appellate Dist., March 20, 1989) (Ordering acquittal of murder.)"

Information Location 1:

http://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/3d/208/1127.html

Information Source 2:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, p. 287."

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Information Source 3:

Death Penalty Information Center

Information Location 3:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

Information Source 4:

California Wrongful Convictions

Information Location 4:

http://www.amnesty-volunteer.org/usa/scal/death/innocence.html

Information Source 5:

"Inmate Walks Away From Death Row After His Acquittal, By Dan Morain (Staff writer), Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1989"

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