William H. Jordan

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	8 to 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	7.85
Year Crime:	1896
Year Convicted:	1897
Year Cleared:	1904
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"William H. Jordan was wrongly convicted on February 18, 1897 of assault with intent to murder in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. William Jordan was convicted based circumstantial evidence, while Jordan denied the crime. After his conviction in Superior Court Fitzgerald was sentenced to 8 to 15 years in prison. After a post-conviction investigation turned up a witness who cast "a strong doubt" as to Jordan's guilt, the Suffolk County District Attorney the recommended his pardon. Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas granted Jordan a full pardon on December 28, 1904 and he was released from prison only seven weeks before his scheduled release."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas granted Jordan a full pardon on December 28, 1904 and he was released from prison only seven weeks before his scheduled release."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"No. 45. William H. Jordan, Special Messages section, "Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1905," Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1905), p. 606."
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William H. Jordan

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

8 to 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

7.85

Year Crime:

1896

Year Convicted:

1897

Year Cleared:

1904

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas granted Jordan a full pardon on December 28, 1904 and he was released from prison only seven weeks before his scheduled release."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"No. 45. William H. Jordan, Special Messages section, "Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1905," Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1905), p. 606."

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