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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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1 |
Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
18 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1967 |
Year
Cleared:
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1968 |
Location
of Trial:
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South Carolina |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongdly convicted of his wife's murder based on a policeman's testimony that Dedmond allegedly confessed. Three months after Dedmond began serving his sentence, another man confessed to the murder, for which he was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to life. Dedmond was released. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Alleged, but unsubstantiated false confession by Dedmond. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Actual murderer confessed after Dedmond had served 3 months of his life sentence.
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Information Source 1: |
“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 109+. |
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Source 2:
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In Spite of Innocence |
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Source 3:
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Dredmundhiggins database |
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Location 3:
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http://www.dredmundhiggins.com/ |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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