Petition for Declaration of Innocence as a Wrongfully Imprisoned Individual

The Estate of Samuel Sheppard’s request that Sam Sheppard be declared a wrongfully imprisoned individual. The document lays out the Plaintiff’s theory of the case and asserts that there is clear and convincing proof that Sam Sheppard was innocent. The request states that Richard Eberling was the actual murderer and lays out the evidence against him. Additionally, it claims there were many flaws in the original investigation