Louis Hoffner

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
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Year Convicted:	1941
Year Cleared:	1952
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Louis Hoffner was wrongly convicted in 1941 of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In November 1952 his conviction was set aside and the indictment was dismissed. Hoffner was awarded compensation of $112,290 by the Court of Claims for 12 years of wrongful imprisonment. The key person who obtained the new evidence of Hoffner's innocence was Edward J. Mowery, a reporter for the New York's World-Telegram and Sun."
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Defendant Aided By:	"Edward J. Mowery, a reporter for the New York's World-Telegram and Sun."
Compensation Awarded:	"$112,290 (New York State (Ct. of Claims))"
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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. 126."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 248"
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Information Source 3:	"The Press -- The Single-Minded Newsman, Time magazine, November 24, 1952"
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Louis Hoffner

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1941

Year Cleared:

1952

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

"Edward J. Mowery, a reporter for the New York's World-Telegram and Sun."

Compensation Awarded:

"$112,290 (New York State (Ct. of Claims))"

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. 126."

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Information Source 2:

"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 248"

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Information Source 3:

"The Press -- The Single-Minded Newsman, Time magazine, November 24, 1952"

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"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817380,00.html"

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