George Williams

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	6
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Year Convicted:	1922
Year Cleared:	1928
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Onslow
City of Crime:	Swansboro
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"George Williams was codefendant of Frank Dove and Fred Dove, who were all wrongly convicted of first-degree murder. All three were sentenced to death. On the morning of his execution in 1923 a fourth codefendant whose testimony was the sole evidence against them, admitted he had perjured himself to implicate the three men under the coercive threats of the police. In 1928 the three men received an unconditional pardon from North Carolina's Governor Angus McLean."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjured testimony of the actual killer, who falsely testified under the coercive threats of the prosecution."
Innocence Proved By:	Confession by the actual killer his three codefendants had nothing to do with the murder.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 300."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 111."
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George Williams

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1922

Year Cleared:

1928

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Onslow

City of Crime:

Swansboro

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjured testimony of the actual killer, who falsely testified under the coercive threats of the prosecution."

Innocence Proved By:

Confession by the actual killer his three codefendants had nothing to do with the murder.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 300."

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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. 111."

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