Peter A. Reilly

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Charge:	First Degree Manslaughter
Sentence:	6 to 16 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1973
Year Cleared:	1976
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Peter A. Reilly was falsely convicted of killing his mother in September 1973 after being coerced by the police into falsely confessing. Playwright Arthur Miller, Author William Styron, and the New York Times came to his defense. After his release in 1976 Reilly unsuccessfully tried to sue the Connecticut State Police for damages."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by police interrogation.
Innocence Proved By:	False confession and new evidence of Reilly's innocence.
Defendant Aided By:	"Playwright Arthur Miller, Author William Styron, and NY Times came to his defense."
Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	21
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 154."
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Peter A. Reilly

Charge:

First Degree Manslaughter

Sentence:

6 to 16 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1973

Year Cleared:

1976

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by police interrogation.

Innocence Proved By:

False confession and new evidence of Reilly's innocence.

Defendant Aided By:

"Playwright Arthur Miller, Author William Styron, and NY Times came to his defense."

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

21

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 154."

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