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Samuel Holmes Sheppard (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant [1] 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. [2]
On 4 July 1954, Marilyn Reese Sheppard was found murdered in her BAY VILLAGE home. Her husband, Sam, said that a bushy-haired intruder had killed his wife.
30 Ιαν 2019 · On July 4, 1954, the wife of Dr. Sam Sheppard was murdered and he was sentenced to life. He was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 1966. He was retried in 1966 and even a United States federal judge ruled his initial case "a mockery of justice."
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, a 30-year-old physician from Cleveland, Ohio, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard, in a trial marked by extensive prejudicial media coverage.
In the early morning hours of July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death in her bed. Her husband Sam, a prominent Bay Village doctor, maintained that Marilyn was murdered by a bushy-haired intruder. He stood trial and was convicted for his wife’s murder amidst a media storm.
July 30, 1954: Front-page editorial in morning edition of Cleveland Press asks, “Why Isn’t Sam Sheppard in Jail?” At 10:00pm, Sam is arrested and charged with murder in the first degree. August 16, 1954: Sam is released on $50,000 bail. Grand Jury meets to consider indictment.
Samuel H. Sheppard, a prominent Cleveland osteopath, was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard. He was sentenced to life in prison, where he remained before his appeal reached the Supreme Court in 1966.
