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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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6 |
Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1920 |
Year
Cleared:
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1926 |
Location
of Trial:
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Alabama |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Codefendant of Willie Crutcher and James Hudson, both who died in prison, and John Murchison. The four men were convicted on the basis of perjured testimony. In 1931 the legislature awarded Cleo Staten and Murchison $750 for 6 years of false imprisonment. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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The four mens' convictions were based on perjured testimony. |
Innocence
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Actual culprit discovered
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Compensation Awarded: |
$750 for 6 yrs. |
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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. 108+. |
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