Sam Sheppard
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. ((1923-12-29)December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970(1970-04-06)) was an American osteopathic physician who was involved in an infamous and controversial murder trial. He was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, in 1954 while residing in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Sheppard served almost a decade in the Ohio Penitentiary before his conviction was overturned. In 1966, he was acquitted in a new trial. In the year 2000, Sheppard's son, Sam Reese Sheppard, who was seven at the time of his mother's murder, sued the State of Ohio for his father's alleged wrongful imprisonment. After a ten-week trial, a civil jury returned a unanimous verdict that Samuel Sheppard had failed to prove his father had been wrongfully imprisoned.
Read more about Sam Sheppard: Early Life and Education, The Murder, Trial, Acquittal and Later Life, Death, Efforts To Clear Sheppard's Name
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