Samuel A. Poole

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	1973
Year Cleared:	1974
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Samuel A. Poole was wrongly convicted of first degree burglary and given a mandatory death sentence, Samuel Poole had his conviction overturned by the N.C. Supreme Court because the case lacked substantial evidence that Poole was the person who broke into the home. (State v. Poole, 203 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1974))."
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Innocence Proved By:	Charges dismissed.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State v. Poole, 203 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1974)"
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Information Source 2:	"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"
Information Location 2:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row
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Samuel A. Poole

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1973

Year Cleared:

1974

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Charges dismissed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State v. Poole, 203 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1974)"

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"Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row, Death Penalty Information Center"

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row

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