William Marvin Lindley

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	20
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Year Convicted:	1943
Year Cleared:	1963
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Death Row inmate. His execution was averted by a last-minute correspondence between Erle Stanley Gardner and the governor's office, state supreme court, and lieutenant governor. His was eventually exonerated and released after 20 years in prison."
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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. 141."
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William Marvin Lindley

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1943

Year Cleared:

1963

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Death Row inmate. His execution was averted by a last-minute correspondence between Erle Stanley Gardner and the governor's office, state supreme court, and lieutenant governor. His was eventually exonerated and released after 20 years in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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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. 141."

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