# Sam Sheppard

Overturned · 1954

Samuel Holmes Sheppard ((1923-12-29)December 29, 1923 – (1970-04-06)April 6, 1970) was an American osteopathic physician. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant 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.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=543969
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/sam-sheppard-w543969

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