Students, thank you for your interest! Sam Reese Sheppard has
established
this web page in part because of you.
Because of the numerous requests for personal interviews from
students
studying the Sheppard case, it is impossible for Sam to respond to
all
requests. You can always ask, and if you include a sample of your
questions in your request, and if Sam has time, he may be able to
respond
to you in a timely manner. If you have unique questions, you stand a
better chance of actually speaking with Sam!
BUT FIRST, Please read the books mentioned on this web page, and most
important, read the US Supreme Court decision in Sheppard V.
Maxwell. After you do your research, if you still have questions,
please
submit them to sam@samreesesheppard.org.
Sam or one of his
advisors will
respond as soon as possible, and those questions and answers will be
added
to this site for future use by all interested parties.
Thank you. Do Justice.
-- Sam Reese Sheppard and the Sheppard Web Team
(This Q&A Section was started late in 2002, which accounts for the
fact
that there are so few Q&A's thus far.)
Question #1:
My name is V..., and I attend Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
on
Massachusetts. I am currently in a class entitled Mock Trials. In
this
class we act as lawyers and witnesses to reenact cases. For our
final we
are doing the Dr. Sam Sheppard case. I am on the side of the
defense. I
was hoping that you could provide me with some information
concerning this
case. I would love to show an outstanding defense for Dr. Sam
Sheppard. Please reply.
Answer #1:
Focus on the fact that there are now three suspects in the case, if
you
include Dr. Sheppard. The cases against Richard Eberling and Arlen
Call
are far stronger now then the case ever was against Dr. Sheppard.
Read the
books on the case that are available on this web page, as well as the
US
Supreme Court decision in
Sheppard v. Maxwell.
Also, one item of interest that came out in the recent civil trial
explains
why Dr. Sheppard was somewhat fuzzy about what happened when
questioned
both before he was taken to the hospital, and at the hospital, on the
day
of the murder.
Dr. Sheppard was knocked unconscious by the intruder in the house,
and
again when the two men fought on the beach of Lake Erie, just below
the
house. When Dr. Sheppard awoke he was partially in the water. It is
unclear how long he was in the water, but by the time he was taken to
the
hospital (at least an hour after he called for help) his body
temperature
was still well below normal. Nurses and physicians who attended Dr.
Sheppard stated that his hands and feet were shriveled from being in
the
water for so long, and he was shivering. Dr. Sheppard was so
obviously in
shock and pain that his temperature was not taken. Rather, emergency
treatment for hypothermia was given, including the placing hot water
bottles at his side in bed and covering him with blankets.
Study
"hypothermia"
and its symptoms and effects. Add to that the fact that Dr. Sheppard
had
clearly suffered a beating to his head, and that will explain Dr.
Sheppard's inability to clearly remember or explain what happened.
That
inability was used against him both in the media persecution of him,
and in
the unfair trial of 1954.
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