Sam Thompson (Kentucky defendant)

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Charge:	Loitering and Disorderly Conduct
Sentence:	$20
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Year Crime:	1959
Year Convicted:	1959
Year Cleared:	1960
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
City of Crime:	Louisville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Sam Thompson was wrongly convicted in Louisville, Kentucky of loitering and disorderly conduct for dancing in a restraurant where he had eaten while waiting for a bus. He was sentenced to a fine of $10 for both offenses for a total fine of $20. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Sam Thompson's conviction on March 21, 1960, ruling that, "Thus we find no evidence whatever in the record to support these convictions. Just as "Conviction upon a charge not made would be sheer denial of due process,"[12] so is it a violation of due process to convict and punish a man without evidence of his guilt." Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 U.S. 199, 206 (1960)"
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Innocence Proved By:	"US Supreme Court overturned Sam Thompson's conviction on March 21, 1960."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 US 199, 80 S. Ct. 624, 4 L. Ed. 2d 654 (1960)"
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Sam Thompson (Kentucky defendant)

Charge:

Loitering and Disorderly Conduct

Sentence:

$20

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1959

Year Convicted:

1959

Year Cleared:

1960

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Louisville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"US Supreme Court overturned Sam Thompson's conviction on March 21, 1960."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 US 199, 80 S. Ct. 624, 4 L. Ed. 2d 654 (1960)"

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http://supreme.justia.com/us/362/199/

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