Sam Sheppard
American neurosurgeon
Died when: 46 years 98 days (555 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American neurosurgeon.He was exonerated in 1966, having been convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard.
The case was controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage.The U.S.Supreme Court determined that the "carnival atmosphere" surrounding Sheppard's first trial had made due process impossible; after ten years in prison he was acquitted at a second trial.
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