David Sherman

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1907
Year Cleared:	1911
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	David Sherman was wrongly convicted of murder in 1907 and sentenced to death in Tennessee. Sherman's conviction was overturned and he was released in 1911 after four years on death row.
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Innocence Proved By:	Sherman's conviction was overturned and he was released in 1911 after four years on death row.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
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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David Sherman

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1907

Year Cleared:

1911

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

David Sherman was wrongly convicted of murder in 1907 and sentenced to death in Tennessee. Sherman's conviction was overturned and he was released in 1911 after four years on death row.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Sherman's conviction was overturned and he was released in 1911 after four years on death row.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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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