Stephen Boorn

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1819
Year Convicted:	1819
Year Cleared:	1820
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vermont
County or Region of Crime:	Bennington
City of Crime:	Manchester
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	""Jailhouse" snitch said Jesse Boom and Stephen Boorn had confessed to Russel Colvin's murder. Colvin had left town in 1812 and hadn't been seen since. Before the trial, Stephen falsely confessed to the murder, saying that Colvin had started a fight with him. He turned up alive after their convictions of murdering him. Convicted in November 1819, the convictions were set aside in January 1820 because no crime had been committed."
Conviction Caused By:	"False testimony of a "jailhouse" snitch informant and false confession to killing a man who was still alive."
Innocence Proved By:	"The alleged victim, Russel Colvin, turned up alive."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Innocents, Edward. D. Radin, William Morrow, 1964, p. 239-240"
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Information Source 2:	"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 26"
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Stephen Boorn

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1819

Year Convicted:

1819

Year Cleared:

1820

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vermont

County or Region of Crime:

Bennington

City of Crime:

Manchester

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False testimony of a "jailhouse" snitch informant and false confession to killing a man who was still alive."

Innocence Proved By:

"The alleged victim, Russel Colvin, turned up alive."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"The Innocents, Edward. D. Radin, William Morrow, 1964, p. 239-240"

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"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 26"

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