H. A. Clements

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	5 years
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Year Cleared:	1929
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"H. A. Clements was wrongly convicted of robbery based on a witnesses identification of him, even though the robbers appearance was concealed by masks and hats."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual cuprit discovered.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"
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H. A. Clements

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1929

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"H. A. Clements was wrongly convicted of robbery based on a witnesses identification of him, even though the robbers appearance was concealed by masks and hats."

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual cuprit discovered.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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