Joseph Francis Shea

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1959
Year Convicted:	1959
Year Cleared:	1966
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Miami-Dade
City of Crime:	Miami
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Francis Shea was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the death of an airline stewerdess in 1959 in Miami, Florida. Shea's prosecution was based on his signed confession, that he later recanted. After Joseph Shea was convicted by a jury he was sentenced to life in prison. Shea's conviction was overturned, and he was acquitted after a retrial in 1966."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession
Innocence Proved By:	Solid alibi established and acquitted after a retrial.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$45,000 (City of Miami, 1967)"
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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. 160."
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Joseph Francis Shea

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1959

Year Convicted:

1959

Year Cleared:

1966

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Miami-Dade

City of Crime:

Miami

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession

Innocence Proved By:

Solid alibi established and acquitted after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$45,000 (City of Miami, 1967)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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. 160."

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In Spite of Innocence

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Justice in the Back Room

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