Franklin Hamlin

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
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Year Convicted:	1953
Year Cleared:	1954
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Franklin Hamilton was wrongly convicted of robbery based on the erroneous eyewitness identification of him as the robbery by three people, including the shopkeeper who wondered how he could have mistaken him for the actual robbery. Pardoned by California Governor Goodwin Knight after the actual culprit confessed. Compensated by the state legislature with $5,000 for 3 months of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by three people.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$5,000 (State of California)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 245."
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Franklin Hamlin

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1953

Year Cleared:

1954

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by three people.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$5,000 (State of California)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 245."

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