The Innocents (1964)
by Edward D. Radin

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Willie Comer
 

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Willie Comer, twenty-one, a painter, was more fortunate. Sentenced to four years after being identified by two witnesses as a participant in a cafe robbery, he had served only four months when one of the actual robbers who had been convicted became conscience-stricken and named his accomplice so that an innocent man would not have to remain in prison. Comer was released in January, 1962.

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WILLIE COMER, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Trial, September, 1961, Dauphin County Court; convicted by jury, armed robbery; sentence, 2 to 4 years. January, 1962, conviction set aside, charge dismissed. Actual culprit identified. Imprisoned 4 months. No compensation.