Sylvan D. Broder

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Charge:	"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"
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Year Convicted:	1944
Year Cleared:	1945
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously
Summary of Case:	"Dr. Sylvan D. Broder was wrongly convicted in April 1944 of misrepresentation in the sale of "pills" that he had invented as a chemist, that were claimed to decrease gasoline consumption by 20-39%. Sylvan Broder was convicted in Kings County, New York. Sylvan's conviction was posthumously vacated in 1945 after he was killed in a plane crash in Brazil. "
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Information Source 1:	"Dead Man's Conviction Quashed, New York Times, Jan 26, 1945, pg. 23"
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Information Source 2:	"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), April 22, 1944, p. 1"
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Sylvan D. Broder

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

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Year Convicted:

1944

Year Cleared:

1945

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously

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Innocence Proved By:

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Male

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"Dead Man's Conviction Quashed, New York Times, Jan 26, 1945, pg. 23"

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"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), April 22, 1944, p. 1"

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