Oscar Slater
1872–1948
Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 â 31 January 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Peterhead Town HouseDates unknown
- HM Prison UskDates unknown
Biography
Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 â 31 January 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland. Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death, he was freed after almost two decades of hard labour at Scotlandâs HM Prison Peterhead through the efforts of multiple journalists, lawyers, and writers, including Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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