John Henry Fry

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	1 to 10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1958
Year Cleared:	1959
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"John Henry Fry pled guilty in November 1958 to manslaughter fearing a harsher sentence if convicted by a jury. Pardoned by California Governor Edmund Brown in June 1959 after the actual murderer confessed. In 1960 he was awarded $3,000 by the California state legislature for 7 months of wrongful conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	Falsel confessed to manslaughter committed by another person.
Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned by CA Gov Edmund Brown after the actual culprit confessed.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$3,000 (State of California, 1960)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 116."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 252"
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John Henry Fry

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

1 to 10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1958

Year Cleared:

1959

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Falsel confessed to manslaughter committed by another person.

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned by CA Gov Edmund Brown after the actual culprit confessed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$3,000 (State of California, 1960)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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. 116."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 252"

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