George Stanley Revelle

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	2.5
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
County or Region of Crime:	Christian
City of Crime:	Fremont Hills
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"George Stanley Revelle was wrongly convicted on February 11, 1996 of murdering his wife on September 27, 1994 in their Fremont Hills, Missouri home. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Revelle's conviction was overturned on November 12, 1997 by the Missouri Court of Appeals (en banc) on the ground that a letter written by his wife Lisa six months before her murder was hearsay and inadmissible. George Revelle was retried and acquitted by a jury on December 13, 1998."
Conviction Caused By:	A hearsay letter by Lisa Revelle was erroneously allowed into evidence by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	"Revelle's conviction was overturned by the Missouri Court of Appeals on November 12, 1997 on the ground that a letter written by his wife Lisa six months before her murder was hearsay and inadmissible. Revelle was retried and acquitted by a jury on December 13, 1998."
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Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. George Stanley Revelle, 957 S.W.2d 428 (MO Ct of Appeals, Southern Dist., 1997)"
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George Stanley Revelle

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

Christian

City of Crime:

Fremont Hills

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

A hearsay letter by Lisa Revelle was erroneously allowed into evidence by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

"Revelle's conviction was overturned by the Missouri Court of Appeals on November 12, 1997 on the ground that a letter written by his wife Lisa six months before her murder was hearsay and inadmissible. Revelle was retried and acquitted by a jury on December 13, 1998."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"State v. George Stanley Revelle, 957 S.W.2d 428 (MO Ct of Appeals, Southern Dist., 1997)"

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