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Marilyn is brutally murdered in her bed.
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The murder makes the front page headlines of the Cleveland papers.
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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.
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Speppard shows up, released on 50,000 dollar bail.
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Grand jury returns a 1st degree murder indictiment against sheppard, he is re-arrested.
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The Sheppard jury is sworn in, the names and addresses of the jury are posted in the newspaper.
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jury verdicts , guilty of 2nd degree murder.
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The 8th District Ohio Court of Appeals affirms the denial of a new trial.
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Sheppard is released from jail on 10,000 dollar bond. Thanks to Judge Weinman.
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The prosecuter anounces that they will retry sheppard for the murder of his wife Marilyn
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Sheppards 2nd traial begins
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Sam is found not guiily in his re-trial
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Sheppard after haveing a low profile after his re-trial, gets charged with pesession of weed and nermerous other illegal drugs.
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Sheppard is senteced to 5 years in prison for pesession of illegal drugs.
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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.