Richard Phillips (Virginia defendant)

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	30
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Year Convicted:	1900
Year Cleared:	1930
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Richard Phillips was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in 1900 in Virginia. Phillips was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commutted to life in prison. Phillips was released in 1930 after his conviction was overturned."
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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. 152+."
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Richard Phillips (Virginia defendant)

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

30

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1900

Year Cleared:

1930

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Richard Phillips was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in 1900 in Virginia. Phillips was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commutted to life in prison. Phillips was released in 1930 after his conviction was overturned."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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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. 152+."

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