Joe Bowles

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1919
Year Convicted:	1919
Year Cleared:	1921
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Surry
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Joe Bowles was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Surry County, North Carolina. Joe Bowles was granted a full pardon based on his innocence on May 27, 1921 by North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Joe Bowles was granted a full pardon based on his innocence on May 27, 1921 by North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Cain et al, 100 S.E. 884, 178 N.C. 724 (Sup. Ct. of N.C., 11-12-1919)"
Information Location 1:	http://case-law.vlex.com/vid/100-s-884-n-619103147
Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 99."
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Joe Bowles

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1919

Year Convicted:

1919

Year Cleared:

1921

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Surry

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Joe Bowles was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Surry County, North Carolina. Joe Bowles was granted a full pardon based on his innocence on May 27, 1921 by North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Joe Bowles was granted a full pardon based on his innocence on May 27, 1921 by North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Cain et al, 100 S.E. 884, 178 N.C. 724 (Sup. Ct. of N.C., 11-12-1919)"

Information Location 1:

http://case-law.vlex.com/vid/100-s-884-n-619103147

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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. 99."

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