Walter Hess

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1929
Year Cleared:	1930
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Walter Hess was codefendant of Alvin Craig. Both men were convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison based solely on circumstantial evidence. A year after their trial one of the actual killers came forward and confessed. After Hess and Craig were released and pardoned by Missouri Governor Henry Caulfield, the actual killer were convicted.."
Conviction Caused By:	Circumstantial evidence only.
Innocence Proved By:	A year after their trial one of the actual killers came forward and confessed. Hess and Craig were released and pardoned by Missouri Governor Henry Caulfield.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 297-298."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 108."
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Walter Hess

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1929

Year Cleared:

1930

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Circumstantial evidence only.

Innocence Proved By:

A year after their trial one of the actual killers came forward and confessed. Hess and Craig were released and pardoned by Missouri Governor Henry Caulfield.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 297-298."

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 108."

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