Gary Beeman Ohio Conviction 1976 Acquitted 1979
Beeman was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death.
He maintained that he was innocent and that Claire Liuzzo, an
escaped prisoner who testified as the main prosecution witness at
Beeman's first trial, was the actual killer. In 1978 the District
Court of Appeals granted Beeman a new trial, finding that
Beeman's right to cross-examine Liuzzo had been unfairly
restricted at his first trial. On retrial five witnesses
testified that they heard Liuzzo confess to the murder and Beeman
was acquitted.
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