Dr. Sara Ruth Dean

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1934
Year Cleared:	1935
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Dr. Sara Ruth Dean was wrongly convicted in 1934 of murder in Mississippi.
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 109."
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Dr. Sara Ruth Dean

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1934

Year Cleared:

1935

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Dr. Sara Ruth Dean was wrongly convicted in 1934 of murder in Mississippi.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 109."

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