Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Contempt of Congress |
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Year Crime: |
1950 |
Year Convicted: |
1951 |
Year Cleared: |
1953 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
District of Columbia - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
District of Columbia |
City of Crime: |
Washington DC |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Edward A. Rumely |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 9, 1953 the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Circuit Court of Appeals ruling overturning Rumely's conviction. " |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"United States v. Rumely, 345 US 41 (3-9-1953)" |
Information Location 1: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15327141095848330620&q=Peter+Seeger&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
Information Source 2: |
"Rumely v. United States, 197 F. 2d 166 (Ct of Appeals, Dist. of Columbia Cir. 1952)" |
Information Location 2: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5879124845606357478&q=197+F.+2d+166&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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