Peter Goggins

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Charge:	Desertion
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1916
Year Convicted:	1916
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:
Result:	Pardoned Posthumously After Execution
Summary of Case:	"Peter Goggins was wrongly convicted of deserting his post on November 26, 1916 while serving in the British Army in France on the Western Front. Goggins' defense was he had been ordered by a superior to retreat 20 yards to a different position. Goggins was convicted by a military court martial and sentenced to death. Although Brigadier-General H O'Donnell wrote that he had doubts about the quality of the evidence, he thought the conviction and execution of Goggins (and two other soldiers) was necessary to maintain discipline and set an example to other men in the battalion. Goggins and the other two men were executed on January 18, 1917. Goggins was symbolicaly pardoned on Oct. 31, 2006."
Conviction Caused By:	Shaky evidence was relied on to ensure military discipline.
Innocence Proved By:	"Goggins was symbolicaly pardoned on Oct. 31, 2006."
Defendant Aided By:	"Marina Brewis, niece of Peter Goggins."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Peter Goggins

Charge:

Desertion

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1916

Year Convicted:

1916

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned Posthumously After Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Shaky evidence was relied on to ensure military discipline.

Innocence Proved By:

"Goggins was symbolicaly pardoned on Oct. 31, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

"Marina Brewis, niece of Peter Goggins."

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Peter Groggins, Wikipedia.org (last viewed 10-20-2014)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Goggins

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