Robert Williams (1958 conviction)

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	17
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Year Convicted:	1958
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Williams' second wrongful conviction of murder. Both wrongful convictions were for murders that occurred while he was in custody. While falsely imprisoned for a murder he had nothing to do with, Robert Williams falsely confessed to another murder in an effort to free himself by proving that an innocent person could be convicted of murder on the basis of a false confession. He was proved right again. He was convicted of the second murder that he couldn't have committed because he was incarcerated and he served 17 years for that false murder conviction concurrent with his first false murder conviction. He was exonerated and released from both false convictions at same time."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession to murder.
Innocence Proved By:	Established he couldn't be guilty because he was in prison serving time for the first false murder conviction.
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
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 (1958 conviction)

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

17

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1958

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 prison serving time for the first false murder conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

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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