Jonathan Treadaway Arizona Conviction 1975 Released 1978
Treadaway was convicted of sodomy and first degree murder of a
six-year-old and sentenced to death. The conviction was
overturned, and he was acquitted of all charges at retrial by the
jury after 5 pathologists testified that the victim probably died
of natural causes and that there was no evidence of sodomy.
Members of the jury reported noted that prosecutors had failed to
prove that Treadaway was even inside the victims' home. (State v.
Treadaway, 568 P.2d 1061 (1977))
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