Clarence Boggie

Clarence Boggie
Boggie in 1934
Born1893
Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 1, 1949(1949-07-01) (aged 55–56)
Northern California, U.S.
OccupationLumberjack
Known forWrongful conviction for the murder of Moritz Peterson and later pardoned

Clarence Gilmore Boggie (1893 – July 1, 1949) was an American lumberjack who was known for his wrongful convictions and later pardons. Born in Wisconsin and raised in Washington, Boggie worked in the logging industry throughout his life.

In the early 1930s, he was convicted of two robberies in Oregon and Idaho, for which he was later pardoned after investigations revealed his innocence. In 1933, he was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Moritz Peterson, a crime he did not commit. After serving 13 years in prison, new evidence led to a conditional pardon from the governor of Washington in 1948. He died from a heart attack in July 1949.

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