Gordon Robert Castil Hall

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	1982
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Gordon Robert Castill Hall was wrongly convicted of murder based on erroneous eyewitness identification of two of the victim's brothers.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and ineffective assistance of counsel.
Innocence Proved By:	"The two brothers recanted their testimony in writing and identified another man, Oscar Sanchez as the actual killer. Another witness also identified O. Sanchez and another man as the murderers. The CA Sup Ct reversed Hall's conviction because the new evidence exonerated him and implicated the actual killers."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 122."
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Gordon Robert Castil Hall

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

1982

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Gordon Robert Castill Hall was wrongly convicted of murder based on erroneous eyewitness identification of two of the victim's brothers.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and ineffective assistance of counsel.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 122."

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In Spite of Innocence

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