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Sandy Murphy

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

22 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nevada

County or Region of Crime:

Clark

City of Crime:

Las Vegas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Sandy Murphy was a co-defendant of Rick Tabish. Wrongly convicted in 2000 of murdering Sandy Murphy's boyfriend, Casino owner Ted Binion in 1998. Conviction overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court in July 2003, and acquitted of murder on November 23, 2004 after a retrial. Convicted of attempting to steal several million dollars in silver that belonged to Binion."

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Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court in July 2003, and acquitted of murder on November 23, 2004 after a retrial."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Murder convictions in binion case overturned, Glen Puit and JM Kalil, Las Vegas Review Journal - July 15, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-15-Tue-2003/news/21731396.html

Information Source 2:

"Binion Trial Verdict - Reversal of fortunes, Glen Puit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 24, 2004"

Information Location 2:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Nov-24-Wed-2004/news/25339516.html

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