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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Rape |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
28 |
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Year Convicted: |
1926 |
Year Cleared: |
1954 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Virginia |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Wrongly convicted of rape by a jury in 1926 and sentenced to life in prison. Released by order of a Circuit Court Judge in Nov 1954. No compensation was awarded for 28 years of wrongful imprisonment. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Charge dismissed. |
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Compensation Awarded: |
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Male |
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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 254." |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org