# James Willie "Bo" Cochran

Overturned · 1997

James Willie "Bo" Cochran (November 29, 1942 - July 12, 2016) was an African-American man from Bessemer, Alabama, who is known for his false conviction and later acquittal as a part of a robbery and murder of a store clerk in Jefferson County, Alabama. Cochran was sentenced to death and held on the state's death row for 19 years before finally being released in 1997. Cochran is also notable for appearances in media…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=78345992
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/james-willie-bo-cochran-w78345992

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