Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
3 |
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Year Convicted: |
1869 |
Year Cleared: |
1872 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pennsylvania |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cumberland |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Dr. Paul Schoeppe was convicted of murdering his wife Maria by poisoning her and sentenced to death by hanging. He was acquitted on September 8, 1872 after a retrial." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Acquitted on September 8, 1872 after a retrial." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"The Schoeppe tragedy, Trial of Dr. Paul Schoeppe for the murder of Miss Maria M. Steinnecke, by poison. Hon. James H. Graham, president judge, Hugh Stuart, and T.P. Blair, associate judges, printed at 'The Herald Office (Carlisle, PA) 1869" |
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http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/5777484 |
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"The Schoeppe tragedy, Trial of Dr. Paul Schoeppe for the murder of Miss Maria M. Steinnecke, by poison. Hon. James H. Graham, president judge, Hugh Stuart, and T.P. Blair, associate judges, printed at 'The Herald Office (Carlisle, PA)" |
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http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/5777484 |
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