Samuel Holmes Sheppard ((1923-12-29)December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970(1970-04-06)) was an American osteopathic physician who was found guilty and later absolved in the murder of his wife. The controversial murder trial drew widespread, nationwide attention from the media, creating what the Supreme Court later described as a "carnival atmosphere". He was initially convicted in 1954 of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, and spent almost a decade in the Ohio Penitentiary before a retrial was ordered. In 1966, he was acquitted in a new trial.

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