Robert Williams (1956 conviction)

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	19
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Year Convicted:	1956
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Robert Williams' first of two separate wrongful convictions of murder. Both were wrongful convictions for murders that occurred while he was in custody. Robert Williams falsely confessed to murder to rekindle interest from a girlfriend. He was imprisoned for 19 years although Police records showed he was in police custody at the time of the murder.
Conviction Caused By:	False confession to murder.
Innocence Proved By:	Established he couldn't be guilty because he was in custody at the time of the murder.
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	37
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. 169."
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Robert Williams (1956 conviction)

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

19

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1956

Year Cleared:

1978

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession to murder.

Innocence Proved By:

Established he couldn't be guilty because he was in custody at the time of the murder.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 169."

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