William Jordan

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1934
Year Cleared:	1935
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Geneva
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"William Jordan was wrongly convicted in 1934 of second-degree murder in Geneva County, Alabama. Jordan's prosecution was based on circumstantial evidence. After his conviction by a jury Jordan was sentenced to 25 years in prison. In 1935 the Alabama Supreme Court reversed Jordan's conviction because there was only "a remote possibility" he was guilty because there was no motive and all the evidence against him was circumstancial. The charges were dismissed against Jordan a month after the Court's ruling."
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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. 132+."
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William Jordan

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1934

Year Cleared:

1935

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Geneva

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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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. 132+."

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