Will Purvis

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
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Year Cleared:	1898
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Will Purvis was wrongly convicted of murder based on his brothers false identification of him as the murder. He was exonerated when the actual killer was discovered.
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:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"
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Will Purvis

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1898

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Will Purvis was wrongly convicted of murder based on his brothers false identification of him as the murder. He was exonerated when the actual killer was discovered.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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