Ernest Mattice

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1936
Year Convicted:	1937
Year Cleared:	1937
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Colorado
County or Region of Crime:	Denver
City of Crime:	Denver
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Ernest Mattice was wrongly convicted of the October 1936 rape of a 22 year-old woman in Denver, Colorado. He was sentenced to two life terms. After two men confessed to the crime Mattice was released in July 1937 when Colorado Governor Teller Ammons pardoned him. Mattice was awarded $4,000 in compensation in 1941 by the Colorado legislature."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprits confessed and Mattice was pardoned by Colorado Governor Teller Ammons.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$4,000 (State of Colorado, 1941)"
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. 50-57"
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Ernest Mattice

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1936

Year Convicted:

1937

Year Cleared:

1937

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Colorado

County or Region of Crime:

Denver

City of Crime:

Denver

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprits confessed and Mattice was pardoned by Colorado Governor Teller Ammons.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$4,000 (State of Colorado, 1941)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Male

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 50-57"

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