Dr. Sam Sheppard was a free man last week. Almost ten years after his conviction for the bludgeon-murder of his wife, the Ohio osteopath was ordered released from prison-by U.S. District Judge Carl A. Weinman on the ground that his constitutional rights had been violated because he had not been given a fair trial. State authorities wasted no time getting a stay order from the Court of Appeals, but technical difficulties with the necessary arrest order kept Sheppard out of prison. He thanked his lawyer, joined some relatives at a motel, and...
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