Darrel Parker

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13.5
Year Crime:	1955
Year Convicted:	1956
Year Cleared:	1991
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nebraska
County or Region of Crime:	Lancaster
City of Crime:	Lincoln
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Darrel Parker was wrongly convicted on June 2, 1956 for the strangulation murder of his wife on Decemeber 14, 1956. The primary evidence against Parker was his confession that he gave after being subjected to intense interrogation for 12 hours. Parker recanted the confession a day later. He was sentenced to life in prison. In 1969 the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Parker's conviction on the basis his confession was involuntary. Parker was released after 13 years of wrongful imprisonment. In 1988, Nebraska death row inmate Wesley Peery died of a heart attack. Peery's lawyers then revealed that he had confessed to the murder of Parker’s wife a number of times from 1978 to 1980. Parker filed an application for a pardon in 1988 based on the new evidence. Parker was granted a full pardon three years later in 1991. His pardon application was supported by Peery's lawyers. Parker filed a $500,000 claim in 2011 under Nebraska's wrongful conviction compensation law. In August 2012 Parker was awarded $500,000 in compensation by the State of Nebraska, and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning apologized for Parker's wrongful conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	False confesson extracted by the police after an intense interrogation.
Innocence Proved By:	Parker's conviction was overturned by a federal court in 1989 and he was released after 13 years of wrongful imprisonment.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$500,000 (State of Nebraska, August 2012)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Parker v. Sigler, 413 F.2d 459 (8th Cir. 07-18-1969)"
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Information Source 2:	"Confession in 1955 Murder Case - Convicted Man Hopes Unusual Transcript Will Clear Him, By Sharon Cohen (AP), Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1988"
Information Location 2:	http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-14/news/vw-182_1_murder-case
Information Source 3:	"Freed man wants state to pay, By Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald, November 28, 2010"
Information Location 3:	http://www.omaha.com/article/20101128/NEWS01/711289908
Information Source 4:	"Did He Kill Her, By Ron Grossman (staff), Chicago Tribune, January 29, 1989"
Information Location 4:	http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-29/features/8903010376_1_nancy-parker-lincoln-star-darrel-parker
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Darrel Parker

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13.5

Year Crime:

1955

Year Convicted:

1956

Year Cleared:

1991

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nebraska

County or Region of Crime:

Lancaster

City of Crime:

Lincoln

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confesson extracted by the police after an intense interrogation.

Innocence Proved By:

Parker's conviction was overturned by a federal court in 1989 and he was released after 13 years of wrongful imprisonment.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$500,000 (State of Nebraska, August 2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Parker v. Sigler, 413 F.2d 459 (8th Cir. 07-18-1969)"

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Information Source 2:

"Confession in 1955 Murder Case - Convicted Man Hopes Unusual Transcript Will Clear Him, By Sharon Cohen (AP), Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1988"

Information Location 2:

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-14/news/vw-182_1_murder-case

Information Source 3:

"Freed man wants state to pay, By Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald, November 28, 2010"

Information Location 3:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20101128/NEWS01/711289908

Information Source 4:

"Did He Kill Her, By Ron Grossman (staff), Chicago Tribune, January 29, 1989"

Information Location 4:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-29/features/8903010376_1_nancy-parker-lincoln-star-darrel-parker

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