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A. B. Chastain

 

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1937

Year Cleared:

1950

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

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Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"A. B. Chastain was wrongly convicted of armed robbery by a 6-person jury in June 1937 and sentenced to 20 years. Paroled in July 1940, and pardoned in September 1950."

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Compensation Awarded:

No

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 255."

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