Sammie Garrett

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	20 to 40 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	1970
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Sammie Garrett was wrongly convicted in 1970 of murder. Garrett was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. Garrett's conviction was overturned in 1975 and he was released.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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, 306 ( © 1992)."
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Sammie Garrett

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

20 to 40 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1970

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Sammie Garrett was wrongly convicted in 1970 of murder. Garrett was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. Garrett's conviction was overturned in 1975 and he was released.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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, 306 ( © 1992)."

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