Ovid Mathis

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Charge:	Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1934
Year Convicted:	1934
Year Cleared:	1938
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Cass
City of Crime:	Atlanta
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Ovid Mathis and I. L. Southerland were codefendants. Both men were wrongly convicted of a bank robbery in Atlanta, Texas based on erroneous eyewitness testimony of one of the victims. They were unconditionally pardoned by Texas Governor James V. Allred in November 1938 after the actual robber was caught after another bank robbery and he confessed to the robbery Southerland and Mathis had been convicted of committing."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit confessed.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"'Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 40-50"
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Information Source 2:	"Governor Pardons Two Cleared in Bank Holdup, UP article, Reading Eagle, November 8, 1838"
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Ovid Mathis

Charge:

Bank Robbery (incld. Armed)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1934

Year Convicted:

1934

Year Cleared:

1938

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Cass

City of Crime:

Atlanta

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit confessed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"'Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 40-50"

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"Governor Pardons Two Cleared in Bank Holdup, UP article, Reading Eagle, November 8, 1838"

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