Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1954
Year Convicted:	1954
Year Cleared:	1966
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Cuyahoga
City of Crime:	Bay Village
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Dr. Samuel Sheppard was wrongly convicted in 1954 of murdering his wife. His conviction was reversed by the U.S. Sup. Ct. and he was acquitted when retried. Although some people claim his case served as the model for "The Fugitive" TV show, the creator of the program denied it. DNA tests in the 1990s identified that the assailant was a mentally imbalanced man who had worked in the Sheppard home."
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Innocence Proved By:	U.S. Supreme Court reversed Dr. Sheppard's conviction. He was acquitted after a retrial.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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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Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1954

Year Convicted:

1954

Year Cleared:

1966

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Cuyahoga

City of Crime:

Bay Village

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

U.S. Supreme Court reversed Dr. Sheppard's conviction. He was acquitted after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“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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