John Murchison

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6
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Year Convicted:	1920
Year Cleared:	1926
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"John Murchison was a codefendant of Willie Crutcher and James Hudson, both who died in prison, and Cleo Staten. The four men were falsely convicted on the basis of perjured testimony. In 1931 the Alabama legislature awarded Cleo Staten and John Murchison $750 for 6 years of false imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	The four codefendant's convictions were based on perjured testimony.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$750 (State of Alabama, 1931)"
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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. 108+."
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John Murchison

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1920

Year Cleared:

1926

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"John Murchison was a codefendant of Willie Crutcher and James Hudson, both who died in prison, and Cleo Staten. The four men were falsely convicted on the basis of perjured testimony. In 1931 the Alabama legislature awarded Cleo Staten and John Murchison $750 for 6 years of false imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

The four codefendant's convictions were based on perjured testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$750 (State of Alabama, 1931)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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. 108+."

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