James Sweeney

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1926
Year Cleared:	1928
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Union
City of Crime:	Elizabeth
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	James Sweeney was wrongly convicted in 1926 of first-degree murder in New Jersey. Sweeney was sentenced to life in prison. In 1928 Sweeney was pardoned by New Jersey's governor based on the new evidence of his innocence from discovery of the actual culprit.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and false prosecution informant
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrator discovered.
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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. 162."
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James Sweeney

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1926

Year Cleared:

1928

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Union

City of Crime:

Elizabeth

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

James Sweeney was wrongly convicted in 1926 of first-degree murder in New Jersey. Sweeney was sentenced to life in prison. In 1928 Sweeney was pardoned by New Jersey's governor based on the new evidence of his innocence from discovery of the actual culprit.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and false prosecution informant

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrator discovered.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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. 162."

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