Jere B. Snodgrass

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Charge:	Forgery
Sentence:	3 to 14 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1939
Year Convicted:	1939
Year Cleared:	1940
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Lenawee
City of Crime:	Blissfield
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted of forgery in May 1939 by a jury. Paroled in May 1940 when the State Patrol informed the Michigan Bd of Pardons that Snodgrass was innocent. The actual forger was caught in August 1941 and convicted in July 1942. Snodgrass died in Nov. 1942 and no compensation was awarded for a year of wrongful imprisonment.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered and convicted.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, Chapter 3"
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 255."
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Jere B. Snodgrass

Charge:

Forgery

Sentence:

3 to 14 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1939

Year Convicted:

1939

Year Cleared:

1940

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Lenawee

City of Crime:

Blissfield

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered and convicted.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, Chapter 3"

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 255."

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