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Sam Sheppard
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<p>Samuel Holmes Sheppard ((1923-12-29)December 29, 1923 – (1970-04-06)April 6, 1970) was an American <a href="/facts/Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States/mUcCJP4v">osteopath</a>. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the <a href="/facts/U.S._Supreme_Court/rJHothwW">U.S. Supreme Court</a>, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966. </p>