Sam Sheppard

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Sam Sheppard

American neurosurgeon and professional wrestler

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F. Lee Bailey
…of the murder conviction of Sam Sheppard, an Ohio physician who in 1954 had been convicted of killing his wife. In 1966 Bailey successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Sheppard had been denied a fair trial, and, on retrial later that year, Sheppard was acquitted.
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…of the murder conviction of Sam Sheppard, an Ohio physician who in 1954 had been convicted of killing his wife. In 1966 Bailey successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Sheppard had been denied a fair trial, and, on retrial later that year, Sheppard was acquitted.
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