Edward Hodsdon

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	15 yrs
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1946
Year Convicted:	1946
Year Cleared:	1952
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maine
County or Region of Crime:	Aroostook
City of Crime:	Presque Isle
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Edward Hodsdon was wrongly convicted in 1946 of sexual assault with intent to commit rape in Presque Isle, Maine based on the eyewitness testimony of the victim. Hodsdon was sentneced to 15 years in prison. Six years later a man arrested on another charge confessed to the assault that Hodsdon had been convicted of, and Hodsdon was subsequently exonerated and released in 1952."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by the assault victim
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit confessed after being arrested for another crime.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 197-198."
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Edward Hodsdon

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

15 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1946

Year Convicted:

1946

Year Cleared:

1952

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maine

County or Region of Crime:

Aroostook

City of Crime:

Presque Isle

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by the assault victim

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit confessed after being arrested for another crime.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 197-198."

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