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Maurice Sullivan

 

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

7 years

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Year Cleared:

1924

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

District of Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Maurice Sullivan was wrongly convicted of robbery in Washington D.C.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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