Alvernon L. Lytle

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Charge:	Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)
Sentence:	12 to 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.67
Year Crime:	1930
Year Convicted:	1930
Year Cleared:	1932
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nebraska
County or Region of Crime:	Kearney
City of Crime:	Minden
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Alvernon L. Lytle was wrongly convicted of a bank robbery committed in Minden, Nebraska in 1930 based on the testimony of five eyewitness to the robbery. Alvernon Lytle was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison. In January 1932 a man was arrested for another bank robbery and he confessed to committing the robbery Lytle had been convicted of committing. On March 8, 1932 the Nebraska Board of Pardons and Paroles unconditionally pardoned Lytle. In 1933 the Nebraska legislature awarded Lytle $2,500 in compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by five witnesses to the bank robbery.
Innocence Proved By:	"After the actual bank robber confessed in January 1932, on March 8, 1932 the Nebraska Board of Pardons and Paroles unconditionally pardoned Lytle."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$2,500 (State of Neb., 1933)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 191."
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Book About Case:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 191."
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Alvernon L. Lytle

Charge:

Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)

Sentence:

12 to 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.67

Year Crime:

1930

Year Convicted:

1930

Year Cleared:

1932

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nebraska

County or Region of Crime:

Kearney

City of Crime:

Minden

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by five witnesses to the bank robbery.

Innocence Proved By:

"After the actual bank robber confessed in January 1932, on March 8, 1932 the Nebraska Board of Pardons and Paroles unconditionally pardoned Lytle."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$2,500 (State of Neb., 1933)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 191."

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Book About Case:

"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 191."

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