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Anthony Piano

 

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

2 to 4 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.625

Year Crime:

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:

Actual culprit discovered

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, p. 196"

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