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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sam_SheppardSam Sheppard - Wikipedia

    Sam Sheppard. 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.

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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.

  2. www.sfgate.com › news › articleIn the Name of the Father / For 40 years, Sam Reese Sheppard ...

    Apr 7, 1996 · His father, Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard, was convicted more than 40 years ago in Cleveland of murdering young Sam's mother. The sensational trial would become a watershed in American history.

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  4. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1996/03/18-mnSon's Evidence Revives 1950s Sheppard Case - Los Angeles Times

    Mar 18, 1996 · And Samuel Holmes Sheppard--Dr. Sam, the golden boy whose arrest for his wife’s murder riveted the nation--has been buried now for 26 years. Yet the 1950s morality play that was the Sheppard ...

  5. www.law.umich.edu › special › exonerationSamuel Sheppard - National Registry of Exonerations Pre 1989

    Samuel Sheppard. Canadian Press, July 7, 1954. Samuel Holmes Sheppard, a 30-year-old physician from Cleveland, Ohio, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard, in a trial marked by extensive prejudicial media coverage. After serving nearly ten years in prison ...

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  7. www.encyclopedia.com › sheppard-samSheppard, Sam | Encyclopedia.com

    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. Before the sensational Sheppard criminal case was over, a landmark Supreme Court ruling would be handed down on ...

  8. clevelandmagazine.com › in-the-cle › dr-sam&Dr. Sam's Last Days - Cleveland Magazine

    The time was 8:37 a.m., April 6, 1970. Six years after having been released from the nearby Ohio Penitentiary, Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard, 46, finally escaped the prison that was his past. Gahanna, Ohio (pop. 12,400) seems an unlikely sanctuary for a man fleeing a controversial, spotlighted past.

  9. law2.umkc.edu › sheppard › SamandMarilynSheppardBiosSam and Marilyn Sheppard - University of Missouri–Kansas City

    Samuel Holmes Sheppard was the youngest of three sons born to Dr. Richard Allen Sheppard. Sam, known for his boyish good looks and dimpled chin was a 6’0" athletic man weighing 180 pounds. Sam attended the Cleveland Heights High School where he served as president of his class for three years.