William Jackson Marion

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Executed
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Year Convicted:	1886
Year Cleared:	1987
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nebraska
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Result:	Pardoned Posthumously After Execution
Summary of Case:	"William Jackson Marion was wrongly convicted of murder twice. After his first conviction in 1884 the Nebraska Supreme Court ordered a new trial because the judge, and not the jury, sentenced Marion to death. After Marion's retrial he was again convicted, and sentenced to death by a jury. He was hanged on March 25, 1887, proclaiming his innocence. Four years after his execution the "victim," John Cameron, turned up alive. He said he went to Mexico in 1872 to avoid a shotgun wedding. Marion's grandson Elbert Marion headed a campaign for the pardoning of his grandfather, and Nebraska Governor Bob Kerry posthumously pardoned William Marion on the 100th centennial of his execution, March 25, 1987."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Nebraska Governor Bob Kerry posthumously pardoned William Jackson Marion on the 100th centenial of his execution, March 25, 1987"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Presumed Guilty: When Innocent People Are Wrongly Convicted,” Martin Yant, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, N. Y., 1991, 207."
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Information Source 2:	"The Dead Alive - The Novel, The Case, and Wrongful Convictions, By Rob Warden, Northwestern Univ. Press, 2005, pp. 157-158."
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Information Source 3:	"Marion v. Nebraska, 16 Neb. 349 (1884) (Overturning conviction because judge and jury didn't sentence him to death)"
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Information Source 4:	"Marion v. Nebraska, 20 Neb. 233 (1886) (Affirming conviction and death sentence)"
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William Jackson Marion

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1886

Year Cleared:

1987

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nebraska

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned Posthumously After Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Nebraska Governor Bob Kerry posthumously pardoned William Jackson Marion on the 100th centenial of his execution, March 25, 1987"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“Presumed Guilty: When Innocent People Are Wrongly Convicted,” Martin Yant, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, N. Y., 1991, 207."

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Information Source 2:

"The Dead Alive - The Novel, The Case, and Wrongful Convictions, By Rob Warden, Northwestern Univ. Press, 2005, pp. 157-158."

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Information Source 3:

"Marion v. Nebraska, 16 Neb. 349 (1884) (Overturning conviction because judge and jury didn't sentence him to death)"

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"Marion v. Nebraska, 20 Neb. 233 (1886) (Affirming conviction and death sentence)"

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