Samuel Holmes Sheppard Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sheppard was a young doctor working with his family at Bay View Hospital near Cleveland when his wife was brutally murdered on 4 July 1954. Suspicion centered on him immediately, and he was convicted of his wife's murder in December 1954, despite his claims of innocence, his cooperation with authorities, and the lack of any physical evidence ...
While remembered largely as a case of wrongful conviction, the court case he brought (Sheppard v. Maxwell) was actually a case weighing freedom of the press against the right to a fair trial. The opinion that decided the case ruled that the right to a public trial transcended the right of an individual - that is, a defendant could not ask to keep a trial private to avoid the media. However, the court also agreed that Sheppard did not receive a fair trial, largely due to how much latitude the press was given: they were allowed, among other things, to sit so close to Sheppard and his lawyer (F. Lee Bailey) that they could not have private conversations. The headlines that were written also prejudiced potential jurors, painting him as the prime suspect long before he was arrested.
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It has often been claimed that his case inspired the TV series, The Fugitive (1963). Despite the similarities between the case and the series, Roy Huggins denied that the Sheppard case had any influence on his creation of the show.
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After his release from jail he became a professional wrestler.
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Once tried professional wrestling and executed a mandibular nerve-hold similar to the one used by Mick Foley.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Free Press vs. Trial by Jury: The Sheppard Case
1969
TV Short documentary
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1966
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
True Crime Scene
2008
TV Series
Himself
American Justice Set
2000
Video documentary
Himself
Nova
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
American Justice
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
V.I.P.-Schaukel
1976
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Free Press vs. Trial by Jury: The Sheppard Case 1969 as Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1966 as Himself - Guest
$700,000
