(first name unknown) Cauvin

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1892
Year Cleared:	1894
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	France
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted or murdering an 80 year old woman that was believed to have named him as her heir in her will. The woman's housekeeper testified she saw Cauvin murder the woman. He was convicted and sentenced to life deportation (presumably to Devil's Island?). Two years later the housekeeper confessed to a priest she had made up the entire story. Cauvin was acquitted after a retrial and released.
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the prosecution's lone witness.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquittal after retrial.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 33"
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(first name unknown) Cauvin

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1892

Year Cleared:

1894

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

France

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the prosecution's lone witness.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquittal after retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 33"

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