J. B. Brown

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1901
Year Convicted:	1901
Year Cleared:	1913
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Putnam
City of Crime:	Palatka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"J. B. Brown was wrongly convicted of murder in 1901 in Florida. Brown was sentenced to death. Brown was exonerated and released in 1913 after 12 years of false imprisonment. In 1931 Brown was indemnified $2,492 by the Florida legislature, to be paid in $25 monthly payments."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$2,492 (State of Florida, 1931)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 101."
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J. B. Brown

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1901

Year Convicted:

1901

Year Cleared:

1913

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Putnam

City of Crime:

Palatka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"J. B. Brown was wrongly convicted of murder in 1901 in Florida. Brown was sentenced to death. Brown was exonerated and released in 1913 after 12 years of false imprisonment. In 1931 Brown was indemnified $2,492 by the Florida legislature, to be paid in $25 monthly payments."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,492 (State of Florida, 1931)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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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. 101."

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