Emma Jo Johnson

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	10 to 12 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1951
Year Cleared:	1954
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nevada
County or Region of Crime:	Clark
City of Crime:	Las Vegas
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Emma Jo Johnson was wrongly convicted in Las Vegas, Nevada of second-degree murder in April 1951 by a jury. The victim was determined to have died from a blood clot and the prosecution argued it was caused by a hair-pulling spat Johnson had with the victim shortly before she died. Johnson was sentenced to 10-to-12 years in prison. After her imprisonment Johnson discovered that the day before their spat the victim had been diagnosed with a blood clot that could cause her death at any time. Based on the new evidence the victim died from natural causes Johnson's petition for a pardon was granted in January 1954 and she was released after 2 years and 9 months of wrongful imprisonment for a crime that didn't occur. Emma Johnson was not granted compensation. "
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Innocence Proved By:	Pardoned after it was determined no crime had been committed.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Female
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:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, pgs. 115-116, 248."
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Emma Jo Johnson

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

10 to 12 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1951

Year Cleared:

1954

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nevada

County or Region of Crime:

Clark

City of Crime:

Las Vegas

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Pardoned after it was determined no crime had been committed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Female

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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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, pgs. 115-116, 248."

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