Harry F. Cashin

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1931
Year Cleared:	1933
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Death Row inmate wrongly convicted of murder based on the unreliable testimony of a woman of shady character. The prosecution knew of, but concealed from the defense a witness who could have testified that Harry Cashin wasn't "the right man." On appeal Cashin's conviction was reversed, and the charges were dropped when the woman admitted Cashin had nothing to do with the murder."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by a prosecution witness (informant) and prosecutorial misconduct of concealing a witness who could have testified that Cashin was innocent.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by the NY Ct of Appeals and the prosecutions sole witness admitted she was lying.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 293 ( © 1992)."
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Information Source 2:	"State v. Cashin, 182 N.E. 74 (1932)"
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Harry F. Cashin

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1931

Year Cleared:

1933

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by a prosecution witness (informant) and prosecutorial misconduct of concealing a witness who could have testified that Cashin was innocent.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by the NY Ct of Appeals and the prosecutions sole witness admitted she was lying.

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, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 293 ( © 1992)."

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"State v. Cashin, 182 N.E. 74 (1932)"

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