Matthew Uchansky

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	10 to 30 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1939
Year Convicted:	1939
Year Cleared:	1940
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Matthew Uchansky was wrongly convicted of participating with three other men in the 1939 robbery of 50 people in a New York City synagogue.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error
Innocence Proved By:	One of the robbers and several of the victims testified at an evidentiary hearing that Uchansky was innocent.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 96-99"
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Matthew Uchansky

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

10 to 30 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1939

Year Convicted:

1939

Year Cleared:

1940

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Matthew Uchansky was wrongly convicted of participating with three other men in the 1939 robbery of 50 people in a New York City synagogue.

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error

Innocence Proved By:

One of the robbers and several of the victims testified at an evidentiary hearing that Uchansky was innocent.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 96-99"

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