Clarence LeRoy McKinney

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1922
Year Convicted:	1922
Year Cleared:	1923
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Clinton
City of Crime:	Wilmington
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Clarence LeRoy McKinney was wrongly convicted in 1922 of a murder committed on February 14, 1922 in Wilmington, Ohio. McKinney's conviction was based on a police officer's testimony that he was one of two men who shot and killed his partner. McKinney was sentenced to life in prison. In 1923 two men confessed to being involved in the officer's shooting. After they pled giulty to the murder, McKinney's conviction was vacated and he was released from prison. "
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification.
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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. 146."
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Clarence LeRoy McKinney

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1922

Year Convicted:

1922

Year Cleared:

1923

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Clinton

City of Crime:

Wilmington

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“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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