Cleo Staten

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6
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Year Convicted:	1920
Year Cleared:	1926
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Cleo Staten was codefendant of Willie Crutcher and James Hudson, both whom died in prison, and John Murchison. The four men were convicted on the basis of perjured testimony. In 1931 the Alabama legislature awarded Cleo Staten and Murchison $750 for 6 years of false imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	The four mens' convictions were based on perjured testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered
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Compensation Awarded:	"$750 (State of Alabama, 1931)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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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. 108+."
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Cleo Staten

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1920

Year Cleared:

1926

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Cleo Staten was codefendant of Willie Crutcher and James Hudson, both whom died in prison, and John Murchison. The four men were convicted on the basis of perjured testimony. In 1931 the Alabama legislature awarded Cleo Staten and Murchison $750 for 6 years of false imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

The four mens' convictions were based on perjured testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$750 (State of Alabama, 1931)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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. 108+."

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