William Wallace

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1931
Year Convicted:	1931
Year Cleared:	1931
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Liverpool
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"William Wallace was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife Julia Wallace and sentenced to death. William Wallace was convicted due to police investigators influencing witnesses to testimony that they saw William near his home at times other than when they actually did, in order to undermine William's airtight alibi of not being at home when his wife was murdered. Court of Appeals quashed William Wallace's conviction based on insufficient evidence and he was released after about six months imprisonment. His wife's killer was never positively identified or prosecuted. Made into the movie - The Man From Pru - 1995."
Conviction Caused By:	Police misconduct in influencing witness testimony to undermine William Wallace's airtight alibi of not being at home when his wife was murdered.
Innocence Proved By:	Court of Appeals quashed Williams Wallace's conviction and death sentence.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Wallace Murder Case by Tom Slemen with Keith Andrews, The Merseymart and Star, August 8, 2001"
Information Location 1:	http://www.geocities.com/sleuthandrews/prufour.html
Information Source 2:	The Killing of Julia Wallace
Information Location 2:	http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/juliawallace.html
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Movie About Case:	"The Man From The Pru, BBC Television, 1995"
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William Wallace

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1931

Year Convicted:

1931

Year Cleared:

1931

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Liverpool

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct in influencing witness testimony to undermine William Wallace's airtight alibi of not being at home when his wife was murdered.

Innocence Proved By:

Court of Appeals quashed Williams Wallace's conviction and death sentence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The Wallace Murder Case by Tom Slemen with Keith Andrews, The Merseymart and Star, August 8, 2001"

Information Location 1:

http://www.geocities.com/sleuthandrews/prufour.html

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The Killing of Julia Wallace

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http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/juliawallace.html

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"The Man From The Pru, BBC Television, 1995"

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