Samuel L. Burton

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Charge:	Voluntary Manslaughter
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1907
Year Cleared:	1908
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Samuel L. Burton was codefendant of Sylvanus Conquest.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 292,"
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 102."
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Samuel L. Burton

Charge:

Voluntary Manslaughter

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1907

Year Cleared:

1908

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Samuel L. Burton was codefendant of Sylvanus Conquest.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 292,"

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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. 102."

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