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Wrongly
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Imprisoned:
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2 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Year Convicted: |
1881 |
Year
Cleared:
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1883 |
Location
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Germany |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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Codefendant of Gallus. Gawenda falsely confessed to murdering his 16 year old daughter-in-law Katarina Sroka, and that Gallus had helped by bringing him the hoe used to kill her. Gallus pled not guilty but was convicted and sentenced to 10 yrs in prison as an accessory and Gawenda was sentenced to death, which was later commutted to 20 yrs imprisonment. A year after their sentencing Katarina was found alive in another town. She said she had run away from home and was working as a servant. The two men were acquitted after a retrial. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession by Gawenda after being manhandled by the sheriff |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Alleged victim found alive. The two co-defendants were acquitted after a new trial.
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“Convicting the Innocent,” Max Hirschberg, Rocky Mountain Law Review 13, December, 1940, pp. 24-25 |
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