This case is included to show just how ridiculous wrongful convictions can be.
Wilson was convicted of murdering his wife after she left and some old bones were found in a cave in 1912.
Luckily his wife turned up alive and well after he was convicted.
In 1932, Yale’s Borchard included Bill Wilson’s story in his book “Convicting the Innocent,” an examination of 65 wrongful convictions in America.
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