Hugh C. Lee

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.4
Year Crime:	1923
Year Convicted:	1924
Year Cleared:	1925
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Polk
City of Crime:	Priors
Result:	Pardoned (Not released due to other charges.)
Summary of Case:	"Hugh C. Lee was wrongly convicted in federal court on November 19, 1924 of robbery in the hold-up of the post office in Priors, Georgia on September 15, 1923. Lee's prosecution was based on the eyewitness identificaiton of a 14-year-old boy. Hugh Lee was sentenced to five years in federal prison. A few months later the actual robber confessed to the crime, and on February 9, 1925 pled guilty and was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in federal prison. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge granted Hugh Lee a full pardon on March 13, 1925 based on the new evidence of his innocence of hte robbery."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error.
Innocence Proved By:	"U.S. President Calvin Coolidge granted Hugh Lee a full pardon on March 13, 1925 based on the new evidence of his innocence of hte robbery."
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Age When Imprisoned:	37
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"
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Hugh C. Lee

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.4

Year Crime:

1923

Year Convicted:

1924

Year Cleared:

1925

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Polk

City of Crime:

Priors

Result:

Pardoned (Not released due to other charges.)

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error.

Innocence Proved By:

"U.S. President Calvin Coolidge granted Hugh Lee a full pardon on March 13, 1925 based on the new evidence of his innocence of hte robbery."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

37

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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