Leon Chambers

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1969
Year Cleared:	1973
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Leon Chambers was wrongly convicted of murder based on the erroneous testimony of a single policeman that he saw Chambers shoot the victim. Numerous eyewitnesses, including a lifelong friend of the actual murderer, corroborated that Chambers was not the killer. Chambers was sentenced to life in prison. Chambers' conviction was reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1973 (Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973))."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness testimony of policeman that he saw Chambers shoot the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Chambers' conviction was reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1973 (Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973))."
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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. 105."
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Leon Chambers

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1969

Year Cleared:

1973

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness testimony of policeman that he saw Chambers shoot the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Chambers' conviction was reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1973 (Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973))."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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. 105."

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"Chambers v Mississippi, 410 U.S. 2384 (1973)"

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