Ernest Woodmansee

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	9
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Year Convicted:	1947
Year Cleared:	1956
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Ernest Woodmansee was wrongly convicted in 1947 of murder in California. Woodmansee was sentenced to life in prison. Woodmansee's conviction was overturned in 1956 and he was released.
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Innocence Proved By:	Woodmansee's conviction was overturned in 1956 and he was released.
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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. 170+."
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Ernest Woodmansee

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1947

Year Cleared:

1956

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Ernest Woodmansee was wrongly convicted in 1947 of murder in California. Woodmansee was sentenced to life in prison. Woodmansee's conviction was overturned in 1956 and he was released.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Woodmansee's conviction was overturned in 1956 and he was released.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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. 170+."

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