# Joe Arridy

Overturned · 1936

Joseph Arridy (; April 29, 1915 – January 6, 1939) was an American man who was falsely convicted and wrongfully executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He was manipulated by the police to extort a false confession from him due to his mental incapacities. Arridy was intellectually disabled and was 23 years old when he was executed on January 6, 1939, after…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=30363839
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/joe-arridy-w30363839

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