Robert Lee Kidd

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1960
Year Cleared:	1962
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"The victim was alive several hours after Robert Lee Kidd was alleged to have murdered him in San Francisco, California on or about Decemer 13, 1954. This evidence was suppressed at Kidd's trial by the prosecutor. Robert Kidd filed a $200,000 damage suit against the prosecutor, but this complaint was dismissed."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutor misconduct of concealing evidence the victim was alive several hours after Kidd was alleged to have murdered him.
Innocence Proved By:	The victim was alive several hours after Kidd was alleged to have murdered him. This evidence was suppressed at the trial.
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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. 134+."
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Robert Lee Kidd

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1960

Year Cleared:

1962

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutor misconduct of concealing evidence the victim was alive several hours after Kidd was alleged to have murdered him.

Innocence Proved By:

The victim was alive several hours after Kidd was alleged to have murdered him. This evidence was suppressed at the trial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

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. 134+."

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