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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
21 |
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Year Convicted: |
1886 |
Year Cleared: |
1907 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Kansas |
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Result: |
Pardoned |
Summary of Case: |
Willie Sell was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Pardoned by Kansas Governor Homer Hoch in 1907. No compensation for 21 years of wrongful imprisonment. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Pardoned by Kansas Governor Hoch |
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Male |
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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 244-5." |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org