William Fisher

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Charge:	First Degree Manslaughter
Sentence:	15 to 30 years
Years Imprisoned:	11
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Year Convicted:	1933
Year Cleared:	1958
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"William Fisher was wrongly convicted of manslaughter in 1933 and sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. William Fisher was paroled in 1944 after 11 years of imprisonment. In 1958 the New York Court of Appeal granted Fisher's Writ of Corum Nobis and vacated his conviction based on the prosecution's concealment of evidence proving Fisher's innocence. Fisher sued the State of New York, and in 1986 was awarded $750,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutor concealed evidence proving Fisher's innocence.
Innocence Proved By:	In 1958 the New York Court of Appeal granted Fisher's Writ of Corum Nobis and vacated his conviction based on the prosecution's concealment of evidence proving Fisher's innocence.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 303."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 114."
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William Fisher

Charge:

First Degree Manslaughter

Sentence:

15 to 30 years

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1933

Year Cleared:

1958

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutor concealed evidence proving Fisher's innocence.

Innocence Proved By:

In 1958 the New York Court of Appeal granted Fisher's Writ of Corum Nobis and vacated his conviction based on the prosecution's concealment of evidence proving Fisher's innocence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 303."

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 114."

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