Joseph Arridy (April 29, 1915 – January 6, 1939) was a young American man known for having been falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and wrongfully executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He is believed to have made a false confession. Twenty-three years old at the time of his death and known to be severely mentally disabled, Arridy was executed on January 6, 1939.
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15 April 1915 Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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6 January 1939 (aged 23)
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