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Jack Graves Favor

Years Imprisoned:	7
Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Year Convicted:	1967
Year Cleared:	1974
Location of Trial:	Louisiana
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted of a double murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of the prosecution's star witness, who was the actual murderer. Jack Favor had been a rodeo star, and with the aid of a jailhouse lawyer filed a writ of habeas corpus that was denied by the Louisiana state courts, but granted by a federal judge. Favor was acquitted after his retrial in 1974 and he was released after seven years wrongful imprisonment. Favor filed a false imprisonment lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, which was settled for $55,000. While imprisoned Favor participated in the first Angola Rodeo opened to the public in 1967, and the rodeo became the largest annual prison rodeo in the United States.
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's star witness, the actual murderer.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial.
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Compensation Awarded:	$55,000
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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, 302 ( © 1992).
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Information Source 2:	Angola Prison Rodeo -- 40 Years of Guts & Glory
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Jack Graves Favor

Years Imprisoned:

7

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Year Convicted:

1967

Year Cleared:

1974

Location of Trial:

Louisiana

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious testimony by the prosecution's star witness, the actual murderer.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

$55,000

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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, 302 ( © 1992).

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Angola Prison Rodeo -- 40 Years of Guts & Glory

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