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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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0.25 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
Year Convicted: |
1819 |
Year
Cleared:
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1820 |
Location
of Trial:
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Vermont |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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""Jailhouse" snitch said Jesse and Stephen Boorn had confessed to Russel Colvin's murder. Colvin had left town in 1812 and hadn't been seen since. Before the trial, Stephen falsely confessed to the murder, saying that Colvin had started a fight with him. He turned up alive after their convictions of murdering him. Convicted in November 1819, the convictions were set aside in January 1820 because no crime had been committed." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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"False testimony of a "jailhouse" snitch informant and false confession to killing a man who was still alive." |
Innocence
Proved By:
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The alleged victim, Russel Colvin, turned up alive.
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Compensation Awarded: |
No |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Information Source 1: |
The Innocents, Edward. D. Radin, William Morrow, 1964, p. 239-240 |
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Wrongful Convictions, Max Hirschberg, 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review (1940), pgs 26 |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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