William H. Padgett

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	14
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Year Convicted:	1936
Year Cleared:	1950
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"William H. Padgett was wrongly convicted twice of the first-degree murder of a policeman based on the eyewitness testimony of two people, and sentenced to life in prison. After 14 years in prison doubts about William Padgett's guilt resulted in him being administered "truth serum," and based on the results and other new evidence, William Padget was granted a full pardon by the Michigan parole board."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by two people.
Innocence Proved By:	After 14 years in prison new evidence of Padgett's innocence resulted in his full pardon by the Michigan parole board.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 336."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 150."
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William H. Padgett

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1936

Year Cleared:

1950

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by two people.

Innocence Proved By:

After 14 years in prison new evidence of Padgett's innocence resulted in his full pardon by the Michigan parole board.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 336."

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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. 150."

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