Wrongly Convicted Database Record
|
Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
3 months and 33 months probation |
Years Imprisoned: |
|
Year Crime: |
1972 |
Year Convicted: |
1973 |
Year Cleared: |
1974 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cameron |
City of Crime: |
Brownsville |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Bernard L. Ferg |
Conviction Caused By: |
|
Innocence Proved By: |
|
Defendant Aided By: |
|
Compensation Awarded: |
|
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
|
Age When Imprisoned: |
|
Age When Released: |
|
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
|
Information Source 1: |
"United States v. Ferg, 504 F. 2d 914 5th Cir. 1974) (Reversing conviction and ordering acquittal based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove guilt of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt.)" |
Information Location 1: |
"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1363675233651915222&q=932++F.2d++588++%286th++Cir.++1991%29&hl=en&as_sdt=4,111,126,275,276,280,281,293,294,301,302,303,338,339,343,344,356,357,364,365,366,381" |
Information Source 2: |
|
Information Location 2: |
|
Information Source 3: |
|
Information Location 3: |
|
Information Source 4: |
|
Information Location 4: |
|
Information Source 5: |
|
Information Location 5: |
|
Book About Case: |
|
Book Information: |
|
Book About Case (2): |
|
Book Information (2): |
|
Movie About Case: |
|
Comments About Case: |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org