Paul N. Dwyer

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	22
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Year Convicted:	1937
Year Cleared:	1959
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maine
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Paul N. Dwyer was wrongly convicted in 1937 of murder and sentenced to life in prison in Maine. In 1959 Dwyer's conviction was overturned and he was released.
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Sex:	Male
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. 111+."
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Paul N. Dwyer

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

22

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1937

Year Cleared:

1959

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maine

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Paul N. Dwyer was wrongly convicted in 1937 of murder and sentenced to life in prison in Maine. In 1959 Dwyer's conviction was overturned and he was released.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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. 111+."

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