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'''Samuel Holmes "Sam" Sheppard''' ({{Birth date|1923|12|29}} – {{Death date|1970|4|6}}) was an [[United States|American]] [[osteopathic physician]] and, toward the end of his life, a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He was convicted in 1954 of the brutal murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, at their [[Bay Village, Ohio]], home. He spent almost a decade in prison, mostly at the [[Ohio Penitentiary]], before a retrial was ordered, where he was acquitted in 1966. To his death, he maintained his innocence in the murder.
The murder of Marilyn Sheppard and the controversial [[murder]] trial of Sam Sheppard in 1954 drew widespread, nationwide attention from the media, creating what the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] later described as a "carnival atmosphere" which denied Sheppard his right to [[due process]].
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