Kevin Callan

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8
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Year Convicted:	1945
Year Cleared:	1953
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Kevin Callan was wrongly convicted in December 1945 of first-degree murder in Michigan. Callan was sentenced to life prison. Callan's conviction was set aside and his indictment dismissed in November 1953 when the actual murderer was identified.
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Innocence Proved By:	Callan's conviction was set aside and his indictment dismissed in November 1953 when the actual murderer was identified.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 102+."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., p. 241"
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Kevin Callan

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1945

Year Cleared:

1953

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Kevin Callan was wrongly convicted in December 1945 of first-degree murder in Michigan. Callan was sentenced to life prison. Callan's conviction was set aside and his indictment dismissed in November 1953 when the actual murderer was identified.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Callan's conviction was set aside and his indictment dismissed in November 1953 when the actual murderer was identified.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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. 102+."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., p. 241"

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