Pietro Matera

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	30
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Year Convicted:	1931
Year Cleared:	1961
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Pietro Matera was wrongly convicted in 1931 of first-degree murder in New York. Matera was sentenced to death. Matera's conviction was overturned in 1961 and he was released after 30 years in prison.
Conviction Caused By:	False informant
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrator discovered.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 144."
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Pietro Matera

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

30

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1931

Year Cleared:

1961

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Pietro Matera was wrongly convicted in 1931 of first-degree murder in New York. Matera was sentenced to death. Matera's conviction was overturned in 1961 and he was released after 30 years in prison.

Conviction Caused By:

False informant

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrator discovered.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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. 144."

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In Spite of Innocence

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