Conan Doyle is mostly known for his clever detective Sherlock Holmes (and for going down the less respectable road of spiritualist in his older years). In real life, Conan Doyle solved a couple of crimes the exonerated individuals who were falsely accused and convicted of murder. This is the story of Oscar Slater who spent 18 years in prison after being convicted of the brutal murder of a rich old lady who he had never met or crossed paths with. Guilty of being a gambler, con man, possibly a pimp, and a Jew, Slater was followed to America, where he was initially tried for the murder, returned to Scotland in custody, and then tried and sentenced based on a weak case. While his Victorian sensibilities were at odd with the man, Conan Doyle couldn't let an obvious case of injustice go unchallenged.

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