Bennie Young

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
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Year Convicted:	1922
Year Cleared:	1934
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	McLennan
City of Crime:	Waco
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Bennie Young was codefendant of Cooper Johnson. Young and Johnson were wrongly convicted in 1922 of murder in Texas and sentenced to life in prison. Young was pardoned and released in 1934, but Johnson died in prison."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession
Innocence Proved By:	Actual culprit discovered
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Compensation Awarded:
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, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 318 ( © 1992)."
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Bennie Young

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1922

Year Cleared:

1934

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

McLennan

City of Crime:

Waco

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Bennie Young was codefendant of Cooper Johnson. Young and Johnson were wrongly convicted in 1922 of murder in Texas and sentenced to life in prison. Young was pardoned and released in 1934, but Johnson died in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession

Innocence Proved By:

Actual culprit discovered

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, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 318 ( © 1992)."

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