The Case of Sam Shepard

Efle Bailey was able to bring Sam Shepard's original trial to the Supreme Court and argued that because of the immense amount of media coverage before and during the trial, Sam never had a fair shot at a fair trial. So his conviction was overturned on June 6th, 1966 and lack of evidence was cited as the main reason for overturning of the sentence and a new trial was granted. He maintains years later that Sam Shepard is innocent and says he would bet his life on it. Efle Bailey: I'm definitely not convinced that he is a killer. But there's nothing compelling like I knew I could have this could be written in fiction that affair.