Cecil Hefner

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	15 yrs
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1920
Year Cleared:	1921
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Cecil Hefner was wrongly convicted in 1920 of murder in North Carolina.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 125."
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Information Source 2:	"“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, 313 ( © 1992)."
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Cecil Hefner

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

15 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1920

Year Cleared:

1921

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Cecil Hefner was wrongly convicted in 1920 of murder in North Carolina.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 125."

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"“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, 313 ( © 1992)."

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