Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
2 to 4 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.625 |
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Year Convicted: |
1937 |
Year Cleared: |
1937 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pennsylvania |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Anthony Piano was wrongly convicted of robbery. Piano's conviction was set aside in October 1937 after 7 months imprisonment. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Eyewitness error |
Innocence Proved By: |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 196" |
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