Michael J. Synon

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1900
Year Convicted:	1900
Year Cleared:	1902
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michael J. Synon was wrongly convicted in 1900 of murdering his wife. After his conviction by a jury, Michael Synon was sentenced to death. In 1902 Synon's conviction was overturned on appeal because of prejudicial remarks by his trial judge. During Synon's retrial his lawyers presented several witnesses who corroborated his alibi of being four miles from the scene of his wife's murder. The jury acquitted Synon and he was released after two years imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Prejudicial remarks by his trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	During Synon's retrial his lawyers presented several witnesses who corroborated his alibi of being four miles from the scene of his wife's murder. The jury acquitted Synon and he was released after two years imprisonment.
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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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Information Source 2:	"Synon v. People, 188 Ill. 609, 59 N.E. 508 (1901)"
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Michael J. Synon

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1900

Year Convicted:

1900

Year Cleared:

1902

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prejudicial remarks by his trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

During Synon's retrial his lawyers presented several witnesses who corroborated his alibi of being four miles from the scene of his wife's murder. The jury acquitted Synon and he was released after two years imprisonment.

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“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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"Synon v. People, 188 Ill. 609, 59 N.E. 508 (1901)"

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