Arthur Pender

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1911
Year Convicted:	1913
Year Cleared:	1920
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Columbia
City of Crime:	Schnitzerville
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Arthur Pender was wrongly convicted in 1913 of committing a murder in Columbia County, Oregon on September 4, 1911. He was arrested and jailed without bail for first-degree murder on September 15, 1911. His first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury couldn't reach a verdict. He was tried a second time and convicted on November 22, 1913 of murder, and on February 9, 1914 he was sentenced to death by hanging. In 1914 the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence on June 30, 1914. His sentence was later commutted in 1914 to life in prison. Based on a credible confession by the actual murderer he was granted a full pardon by Oregon Governor Olcott in 1920 and released after nine years of incarceration."
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Innocence Proved By:	Based on a credible confession by the actual murderer Pender was granted a full pardon by Oregon Governor Olcott in 1920.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Why Some Men Kill or Murder Mysteries Revealed, by George A. Thacher (Gale, Making of Modern Law), 2010, pp. 44-73."
Information Location 1:	http://www.archive.org/stream/whysomemenkillor00thacrich/whysomemenkillor00thacrich_djvu.txt
Information Source 2:	"State v. Pender, 72 OR 94 (1914)"
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Arthur Pender

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1911

Year Convicted:

1913

Year Cleared:

1920

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Columbia

City of Crime:

Schnitzerville

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Based on a credible confession by the actual murderer Pender was granted a full pardon by Oregon Governor Olcott in 1920.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Why Some Men Kill or Murder Mysteries Revealed, by George A. Thacher (Gale, Making of Modern Law), 2010, pp. 44-73."

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http://www.archive.org/stream/whysomemenkillor00thacrich/whysomemenkillor00thacrich_djvu.txt

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"State v. Pender, 72 OR 94 (1914)"

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