Clarence Gilmore Boogie

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1933
Year Convicted:	1935
Year Cleared:	1948
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	Spokane
City of Crime:	Spokane
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Clarence Gilmore Boogie was wrongly convicted in 1935 of the murder of a 78-year-old man in Spokane, Washington in 1933. Boogie was convicted based on the prosecutors suborning perjury by two "jailhouse' snitches who testified Boggie had confessed to them, and eyewitnesses who saw the murderer running away who erroneously identified Boggie. After his conviction by a jury Boogie was sentenced to life in prison. Writer and lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner wrote a series of remarkable articles for Argosy magazine uncovering the truth of Boggie's case from Sept. 1948 to March 1949. It was discovered that Boogie was innocent, and another man was identified as John Doe was the actual murderer. Clarence Boogie was released from prison, and he was granted a pardon by Washington Governor Monrad C. Wallgren in December 1948."
Conviction Caused By:	"Prosecutorial misconduct of eliciting the perjurious testimony of two "jailhouse" snitch informants, and erroneous eyewitness identification"
Innocence Proved By:	Clarence Boogie was pardoned by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren in December 1948 after an investigation by The Court of Last Resort and The Seattle Times uncovered evidence of Boggie's innocence and the identity of the actual murderer..
Defendant Aided By:	Writer and lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner
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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. 98+."
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Information Source 2:	"The Court of Last Resort, by Erle Stanley Gardner, William Sloane Assoc (NY), 1952, pp. 27-85."
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Information Source 3:	"The Incredible Cae of Clarence Boggie, by Erle Stanley Gardner, Argosy magazine, March, 1949"
Information Location 3:	http://www.hycyber.com/HF/argosy_index.html
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Book About Case:	"The Court of Last Resort, by Erle Stanley Gardner, William Sloane Assoc (NY), 1952, pp. 27-85."
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Clarence Gilmore Boogie

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1933

Year Convicted:

1935

Year Cleared:

1948

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Spokane

City of Crime:

Spokane

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Prosecutorial misconduct of eliciting the perjurious testimony of two "jailhouse" snitch informants, and erroneous eyewitness identification"

Innocence Proved By:

Clarence Boogie was pardoned by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren in December 1948 after an investigation by The Court of Last Resort and The Seattle Times uncovered evidence of Boggie's innocence and the identity of the actual murderer..

Defendant Aided By:

Writer and lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner

Compensation Awarded:

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. 98+."

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Information Source 2:

"The Court of Last Resort, by Erle Stanley Gardner, William Sloane Assoc (NY), 1952, pp. 27-85."

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Information Source 3:

"The Incredible Cae of Clarence Boggie, by Erle Stanley Gardner, Argosy magazine, March, 1949"

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http://www.hycyber.com/HF/argosy_index.html

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Book About Case:

"The Court of Last Resort, by Erle Stanley Gardner, William Sloane Assoc (NY), 1952, pp. 27-85."

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