(first name unknown) Leister

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1924
Year Cleared:	1928
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Leister was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. Sentenced to death. He was granted a new trial, acquitted, and released after 4 years imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	His honest statement at his first trial he didn't kill his wife was disbelieved because he had lied about not owning a firearm.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquittal on retrial.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 27-28"
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(first name unknown) Leister

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1924

Year Cleared:

1928

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Leister was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. Sentenced to death. He was granted a new trial, acquitted, and released after 4 years imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

His honest statement at his first trial he didn't kill his wife was disbelieved because he had lied about not owning a firearm.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquittal on retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 27-28"

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