Clyde Kennard (1959 conviction)

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Charge:	Driving Related
Sentence:	$600 fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1959
Year Convicted:	1959
Year Cleared:	1961
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Forrest
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Clyde Kennard was wrongly convicted in 1959 of reckless driving and unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor in Forrest County, Mississippi, Kennard was sentence to pay a fine of $600. The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned Kennard's conviction in March 1961. Kennard was prosecuted as a warning to stop trying to enter the segregated Mississippi Southern College (now the University of Southern Mississippi). He ignored the warning and so was prosecuted in 1960 of trumped up burglary charges, for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison at hard labor."
Conviction Caused By:	Police planted alcohol in his car and falsely alleged that he was driving recklessly.
Innocence Proved By:	The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned Kennard's conviction in March 1961.
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Age When Imprisoned:	32
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Kennard v. State, 240 Miss. 488 (Miss.03/06/1961)"
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Information Source 2:	"Story of False Arrest Called Civil Rights Movement's Saddest, Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, December 31, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/NEWS/512310394
Information Source 3:	"Evers v. State, 241 Miss. 560 (Miss.06/12/1961)"
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Clyde Kennard (1959 conviction)

Charge:

Driving Related

Sentence:

$600 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1959

Year Convicted:

1959

Year Cleared:

1961

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Forrest

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police planted alcohol in his car and falsely alleged that he was driving recklessly.

Innocence Proved By:

The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned Kennard's conviction in March 1961.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Kennard v. State, 240 Miss. 488 (Miss.03/06/1961)"

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Information Source 2:

"Story of False Arrest Called Civil Rights Movement's Saddest, Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, December 31, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/NEWS/512310394

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"Evers v. State, 241 Miss. 560 (Miss.06/12/1961)"

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