Walter McIntosh

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
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Year Convicted:	1980
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U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
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Result:	Not Judicially Exonerated - After dying in prison actual perpetrator convicted
Summary of Case:	"Walter McIntosh was wrongly convicted in 1980 of a double murder in Georgia. At first he denied the crimes; then he confessed and pleaded guilty by reason of insanity. McIntosh was sentenced to confinement for life in a mental hospital. The county sheriff was convinced of McIntosh's innocence. The defendant's niece had been a suspect in the case and in 1982 was indicted for the crimes, but the state did not proceed because of insufficient evidence. In 1984, this niece and a friend both confessed their guilt and were convicted of manslaughter. McIntosh, however, had already died while in confinement. (Summary from '“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” 146)"
Conviction Caused By:	False confession after denying guilt.
Innocence Proved By:	"After McIntosh died while in custody, in 1984 his niece and a friend both confessed their guilt to the murders he had been convicted of committing and they were convicted of manslaughter."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 146."
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Information Source 2:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992"
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Walter McIntosh

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Not Judicially Exonerated - After dying in prison actual perpetrator convicted

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession after denying guilt.

Innocence Proved By:

"After McIntosh died while in custody, in 1984 his niece and a friend both confessed their guilt to the murders he had been convicted of committing and they were convicted of manslaughter."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 146."

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"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992"

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