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Marilyn Sheppard is murdered
Marilyn is brutally murdered in her bed. -
Murder makes Front page
The murder makes the front page headlines of the Cleveland papers. -
Cleveland Press gets Sam arrested
The press headlines a story that states, "WHY ISNT SAM SHEPPARD IN JAIL?" . Then at 10:30 that night, Sam's arested at his parens residents. -
The Preliminary Hearing
Speppard shows up, released on 50,000 dollar bail. -
The Grand Jury Returns
Grand jury returns a 1st degree murder indictiment against sheppard, he is re-arrested. -
Sworn in
The Sheppard jury is sworn in, the names and addresses of the jury are posted in the newspaper. -
1at traial verict
jury verdicts , guilty of 2nd degree murder. -
Denial of new trial
The 8th District Ohio Court of Appeals affirms the denial of a new trial. -
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Released
Sheppard is released from jail on 10,000 dollar bond. Thanks to Judge Weinman. -
Redo Agreeded
The prosecuter anounces that they will retry sheppard for the murder of his wife Marilyn -
2nd trial begins
Sheppards 2nd traial begins -
Found not guily
Sam is found not guiily in his re-trial -
Jail again?
Sheppard after haveing a low profile after his re-trial, gets charged with pesession of weed and nermerous other illegal drugs. -
Court
Sheppard is senteced to 5 years in prison for pesession of illegal drugs. -
Sucide
Sheppard comments suicide while in prison. However, he leaves a note stateing that the reason he got into drugs was because he couldnt actually cope with brutally killing his wife previous years before.
