Albert T. Patrick
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Albert T. Patrick was a lawyer who was convicted and sentenced to death at Sing Sing
for the murder of his client William Marsh Rice
. Doubts about the evidence caused the governor of New York to pardon him. In 1930 he was disbarred and the disbarment was upheld by the New York State Supreme Court.
Sing Sing
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in the town of Ossining, New York...
for the murder of his client William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice
William Marsh Rice was an American businessman who bequeathed his fortune to found Rice University in Houston, Texas.-Biography:...
. Doubts about the evidence caused the governor of New York to pardon him. In 1930 he was disbarred and the disbarment was upheld by the New York State Supreme Court.