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John Deshayes

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1948

Year Cleared:

1952

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

France

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"John Deshayes was wrongly convicted of a murder and robbery after signing a false confession after being beaten by the police. A conversation was overhead in a café in 1952 that lead to the discovery of the actual murderers, whose confession led to Deshayes release."

Conviction Caused By:

Signed false confession after being beaten by the police.

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Male

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Information Source 1:

""Wrongful Imprisonment," Ruth Brandon & Christie Davies, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1973, 209."

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