How Did Forensic Evidence Affect The Case?
Submitted by dabrownvillian on December 21, 2008
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How Did Forensic Evidence Affect The Case?
How Did Forensic Evidence Affect the Case?
Sam Sheppard Trial
Sam Sheppard was a young, successful physician who lived in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. On July 4th, 1954 his pregnant wife Marilyn was murdered in their home, soon after he was arrested on suspicion of her murder. Throughout his trial he declared he was innocent, and claimed he wrestled with a “bushy-haired strangerâ€, knocked out cold and woke up to find his wife dead. The jury was not convinced with his farfetched story and he was charged with the murder of his wife and spent the next 10 years in prison, before he was released on appeal. In 1966, after being released from jail, he...
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