Jasper Jennings

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1905
Year Convicted:	1906
Year Cleared:	1907
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Josephine
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jasper Jennings was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in January 1906 for the death of his father, Newton M. Jennings on September 7, 1905 in Josephine County, Oregon. On November 21, 1906 the Oregon Supreme Court overturned Jennings' conviction because of improper testimony by trial witnesses. Following a motion during his retrial the charges against Jasper were dismissed. Some witnesses claimed that Jasper's sister, Dora, told them she had committed the crime, but that testimony was excluded from Jennings' trial."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 21, 1906 the Oregon Supreme Court overturned Jennings' conviction because of improper testimony by trial witnesses. Following a motion during his retrial the charges against Jasper were dismissed."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 130."
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Information Source 2:	"State v. Jennings, 48 OR 483 (1906)"
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Jasper Jennings

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1905

Year Convicted:

1906

Year Cleared:

1907

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Josephine

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 21, 1906 the Oregon Supreme Court overturned Jennings' conviction because of improper testimony by trial witnesses. Following a motion during his retrial the charges against Jasper were dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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. 130."

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"State v. Jennings, 48 OR 483 (1906)"

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http://books.google.com/books?id=A8IDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA489&lpg=PA489&dq=State+v.+Jennings+oregon+supreme+court+1906&source=bl&ots=9GOwXLRumS&sig=VRwaQEMTqI8Nykb8FmR98nVewFg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s8u-T_qyGeaqiQKy1NzmBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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