Edward Larkman

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	7.5
Year Crime:	1925
Year Convicted:	1925
Year Cleared:	1933
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Erie
City of Crime:	Buffalo
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Edward Larkman was wrongly convicted of the August 12, 1925 murder of a man in Buffalo, New York based on the testimony of a single eyewitness. Larkman was sentenced to death. Larkman's direct appeal was denied by New York's Court of Appeals, but there were two dissenters who argued Larkman's identification by the witness had not been established beyond a reasonable doubt. Based on those dissenters New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith cummuted Larkman's sentence to life in prison on January 13, 1927, only 10 hours before his scheduled execution. In April 1929 Anthony Kalkiewicz, who had been arrested for another crime, confessed that he and four other men had committed the murder and Larkman hadn't been involved. Based on the new evidence of Larkman's innocence, New York Gov. Herbert Lehman unconditionally pardoned Larkman on April 18, 1933, and he was released after 7-1/2 years imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new evidence of Larkman's innocence, New York Gov. Herbert Lehman unconditionally pardoned Larkman on April 18, 1933, and he was released after 7-1/2 years imprisonment."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 138."
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Information Source 2:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 188-189."
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Edward Larkman

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

7.5

Year Crime:

1925

Year Convicted:

1925

Year Cleared:

1933

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Erie

City of Crime:

Buffalo

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on the new evidence of Larkman's innocence, New York Gov. Herbert Lehman unconditionally pardoned Larkman on April 18, 1933, and he was released after 7-1/2 years imprisonment."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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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. 138."

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 188-189."

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