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Years
Imprisoned:
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3.25 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
5 years to life imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1947 |
Year
Cleared:
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1951 |
Location
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California |
Result:
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Sentence Commuted |
Summary
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Wrongly convicted in Nov 1947 by a jury. In March 1951 the CA Assembly Interim Committee on Crime and Corrections issued official report concluding that Madge Meredith had been framed. In July 1951 CA Gov. Earl Warren commuted her sentence to time served. No compensation for 3 years and 3 months of wrongful imprisonment. |
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Innocence
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Sentence commutted to time served by CA Gov. Earl Warren after California Assembly report concluded she had been framed.
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The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 250-251. |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org