John Vickers

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	26 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1906
Year Convicted:	1907
Year Cleared:	1916
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Caldwell
City of Crime:	Lenoir
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	John Vickers was codefendant of Hamp Kendall. Vickers and Kendall were wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in Feb 1907 by a jury based on inconsistent witness statements. Vickers and Kendall were pardoned by North Carolina Governor Thomas Walter Bickett in 1916 on the basis of their actual innocence after an investigation was conducted. The actual killer confessed and committed suicide in August 1922. The men did not receive any compensation.
Conviction Caused By:	False prosecution informant and other witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	Vickers and Kendall were pardoned by North Carolina Governor Thomas Walter Bickett in 1916 on the basis of their actual innocence. Actual culprit confessed and committed suicide in August 1922.
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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. 134."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 144-5 and 251."
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John Vickers

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

26 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1906

Year Convicted:

1907

Year Cleared:

1916

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Caldwell

City of Crime:

Lenoir

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False prosecution informant and other witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

Vickers and Kendall were pardoned by North Carolina Governor Thomas Walter Bickett in 1916 on the basis of their actual innocence. Actual culprit confessed and committed suicide in August 1922.

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. 134."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 144-5 and 251."

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