John Valletutti

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1945
Year Convicted:	1947
Year Cleared:	1948
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	John Valletutti was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in June 1947. Actual culprit found and confessed. Court of Appeals reversed conviction in March 1948. Indictment dismissed in Sept 1948 by the trial Judge Goldstein. Released after 15 months of wrongful imprisonment. No compensation paid.
Conviction Caused By:	False confession and false prosecution informant
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered and confessed. Court of Appeals reversed conviction in March 1948.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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. 164+."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 241"
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Information Source 3:	In Spite of Inncence
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John Valletutti

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1945

Year Convicted:

1947

Year Cleared:

1948

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession and false prosecution informant

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered and confessed. Court of Appeals reversed conviction in March 1948.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

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. 164+."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin, William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 241"

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In Spite of Inncence

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