Jack Graves Favor

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1967
Year Cleared:	1974
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Louisiana
County or Region of Crime:	Bossier
City of Crime:	Haughton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jack Graves Favor, aka Cadillac Jack Favor, was wrongly convicted in 1967 of a double murder committed near Haughton, Louisiana on April 17, 1964. Favor's prosecution was based on the testimony of the prosecution's star witness, who was the actual murderer. After his conviction by a jury Jack Favor was sentenced to life in prison. With the aid of a jailhouse lawyer he filed a writ of habeas corpus that was denied by the Louisiana state courts, but granted by a federal judge. Favor was acquitted after his retrial in 1974 and he was released after seven years wrongful imprisonment. Favor filed a false imprisonment lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, which was settled for $55,000 in compensation. Jack Favor had been a rodeo star. While imprisoned Favor participated in the first Angola Rodeo opened to the public in 1967, and the rodeo became the largest annual prison rodeo in the United States. Favor was inductd into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1978, on October 25, 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame. Favor's record of throwing a steer in 2.2 seconds at a rodeo in Houston, Texas remains unbeaten, but it has been tied."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's star witness, the actual murderer."
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$55,000 (State of Louisiana - false imprisonment lawsuit)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	56
Age When Released:	63
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 302 ( © 1992)."
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Information Source 2:	Angola Prison Rodeo -- 40 Years of Guts & Glory
Information Location 2:	http://www.angolarodeo.com/history.htm
Information Source 3:	"Jack Favor, Wikipedia.org"
Information Location 3:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Favor
Information Source 4:	"Jack Graves Favor, Tarrant County, Texas, Findagrave.com"
Information Location 4:	https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27086220
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Jack Graves Favor

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1967

Year Cleared:

1974

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Louisiana

County or Region of Crime:

Bossier

City of Crime:

Haughton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's star witness, the actual murderer."

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$55,000 (State of Louisiana - false imprisonment lawsuit)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

56

Age When Released:

63

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 302 ( © 1992)."

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Information Source 2:

Angola Prison Rodeo -- 40 Years of Guts & Glory

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http://www.angolarodeo.com/history.htm

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"Jack Favor, Wikipedia.org"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Favor

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"Jack Graves Favor, Tarrant County, Texas, Findagrave.com"

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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27086220

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