Stanford Ellis Fewell

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
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Year Convicted:	1952
Year Cleared:	1959
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Stanford Ellis Fewell confessed after 13 days of continuous questioning, but he immediately repudiated it. Friends found 4 people who confirmed his alibi. After his conviviction of second-degree murder Stanford Fewell was sentenced to 30 years in prison."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession after 13 days of continuous questioning, but he immediately repudiated it."
Innocence Proved By:	Friends found 4 people who confirmed his alibi.
Defendant Aided By:	The Court of Last Resort provided assistance.
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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. 113+."
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Stanford Ellis Fewell

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1952

Year Cleared:

1959

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Stanford Ellis Fewell confessed after 13 days of continuous questioning, but he immediately repudiated it. Friends found 4 people who confirmed his alibi. After his conviviction of second-degree murder Stanford Fewell was sentenced to 30 years in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession after 13 days of continuous questioning, but he immediately repudiated it."

Innocence Proved By:

Friends found 4 people who confirmed his alibi.

Defendant Aided By:

The Court of Last Resort provided assistance.

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. 113+."

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