Herman Zajicek

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	9
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Year Convicted:	1907
Year Cleared:	1916
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Herman Zajicek was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death based on a lone witnesses' testimony in Chicago, Illinois. Herman Zajicek received a stay three days before his scheduled execution, and his sentence was commuted to life in prison by Illinois Governor Charles Deneen. Eight years later, in 1916, Governor Edward Dunne granted Zajicek a full pardon after the prosecution's key witness admitted to giving "false and perjured testimony""
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured testimony by the prosecution's key witness.
Innocence Proved By:	"Illinois Governor Edward Dunne granted Zajicek a full pardon after the prosecution's key witness admitted to giving "false and perjured testimony.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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. 356"
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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. 171."
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Herman Zajicek

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1907

Year Cleared:

1916

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured testimony by the prosecution's key witness.

Innocence Proved By:

"Illinois Governor Edward Dunne granted Zajicek a full pardon after the prosecution's key witness admitted to giving "false and perjured testimony.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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. 356"

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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. 171."

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