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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
10 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1948 |
Year
Cleared:
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1952 |
Location
of Trial:
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France |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of a murder and robbery after signing a false confession after being beaten by the police. A conversation was overhead in a café in 1952 that lead to the discovery of the actual murderers, whose confession led to Deshayes release. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Signed false confession after being beaten by the police. |
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Information Source 1: |
""Wrongful Imprisonment," Ruth Brandon & Christie Davies, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1973, 209." |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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