Andrew Toth

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Lynched
Years Imprisoned:	20
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Year Convicted:	1892
Year Cleared:	1911
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Allegheny
City of Crime:	Pittsburgh
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Andrew Toth was wrongly convicted of murder based on an eyewitness' identification and sentenced to death. Andrew Toth's conviction was later commuted to life in prison. In 1911 his conviction was overturned based on discovery of the actual murderer, and he was released after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment. When Andrew Carnegie learned of Toth's plight he agreed to pay him a pension of $40 a month for life as an act of kindness."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	52
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"
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Information Source 2:	"Paid The Penalty Of Another's Crime, Special to The New York Times, The New York Times, March 19, 1911, pg. 6"
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Information Source 3:	"Punished But Innocent, By staff writers, The New York Times, January 10, 1913, pg. 10"
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Andrew Toth

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Lynched

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1892

Year Cleared:

1911

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Allegheny

City of Crime:

Pittsburgh

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

52

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

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

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"Paid The Penalty Of Another's Crime, Special to The New York Times, The New York Times, March 19, 1911, pg. 6"

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"Punished But Innocent, By staff writers, The New York Times, January 10, 1913, pg. 10"

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