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Samuel Holmes Sheppard ( December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American neurosurgeon. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant [1] wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966. [2]
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- Samuel Holmes Sheppard, December 29, 1923, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Life imprisonment (overturned)
- April 6, 1970 (aged 46), Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Jan 30, 2019 · On July 4, 1954, the wife of Dr. Sam Sheppard was murdered and he was sentenced to life. He was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 1966. He was retried in 1966 and even a United States federal judge ruled his initial case "a mockery of justice."
Aug 25, 2023 · Dr. Sam Sheppard was a respectable practicing osteopathic surgeon who was supposedly attacked in his home after the murder of his wife, Marilyn Sheppard. On the morning after the murder, Dr. Sheppard informed police that he had been dozing on the coach when he was awakened by his wife's screams.
Mar 5, 1998 · New DNA evidence taken from the exhumed body of Dr. Sam Sheppard provides the most compelling piece of evidence that he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife in a trial that transfixed...
Feb 20, 2013 · Dr. Sam Sheppard spent ten years in prison before the state of Ohio granted his appeal and awarded him a new trial. The murder conviction was overturned on June 6, 1966 due to a lack of evidence. Dr. Sam Sheppard was a free man from that time until he passed away on April 6, 1970 of liver failure.
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July 8, 1954. Sam Sheppard, without his attorney Bill Corrigan being present, is questioned in his hospital room by Cleveland detectives. He continues to insist he is innocent. July 9, 1954. Sheppard agrees to return to his home and re-enact his account of the events of the early morning of July 4....
Law. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Sheppard, Sam. views 2,909,039 updated. Sam Sheppard. Born December 23, 1923 (Cleveland, Ohio) Died April 6, 1970 (Columbus, Ohio) Accused murderer, physician. In 1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard was accused of the brutal murder of his wife Marilyn at their home in Cleveland, Ohio.