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John Deshayes


Years Imprisoned:

4

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

10 yrs

Year Convicted:

1948

Year Cleared:

1952

Location of Trial:

France

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

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.

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Signed false confession after being beaten by the police.

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""Wrongful Imprisonment," Ruth Brandon & Christie Davies, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1973, 209."

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Falsely confessed


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