Andrew Auernheimer

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Charge:	Conspiracy and Fraud
Sentence:	3 years & 5 months
Years Imprisoned:	3.2
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Newark
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Andrew Auernheimer was wrongly convicted in federal court in Newark, New Jersey in 2012 of charges related to hacking into AT&T's website and obtaining about 120,000 email addresses. Auernheimer was sentenced to 41 months in prison. On April 11, 2014 the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third District vacated Auernheimer's conviction on the basis he had been tried in the wrong federal judicial district, because all of his alleged crimes occurred in Arkansas, not New Jersey. Auernheimer was released from federal prison hours after the court's ruling after more than 3 years and 2 months in custody from the time of his arrest in 2011. On May 20, 2014 Auernheimer sent a letter to Susan D. Wigenton, US Attorney Paul J. Fishman, Assistant US Attorney Zach Intrater, and FBI Special Agent Christian Schorle, demanding 28,296 Bitcoins in restitution for their actions that Auernheimer claims caused his false arrest and imprisonment. Auernheimer arrived at his restitution amount by asserting he was owed 1 Bitcoin for every hour of the 1,179 days he was in custody from his arrest on January 18, 2011, until his release on April 11, 2014."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 11, 2014 the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd District vacated Auernheimer's conviction on the basis he had been tried in the wrong federal judicial district, because all of his alleged crimes occurred in Arkansas, not New Jersey."
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"USA v. Andrew Auernheimer, No. 13-1816 (3rd Cir., 4-11-2014)"
Information Location 1:	http://pacer03.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/131816p.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Andrew Auernheimer’s computer hacking conviction is overturned by appeals court, By Jerry Markon (Staff Writer), Washington Post, April 11, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/computer-hacker-andrew-auernheimers-conviction-is-overturned-by-appeals-court/2014/04/11/0744a3bc-c1bc-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html
Information Source 3:	"Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer sentenced to 41 months for exploiting AT&T iPad security flaw, By Matt Brian (Staff writer), The Verge, March 18, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/18/4118484/andrew-weev-auernheimer-sentenced-att-ipad-hack
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Andrew Auernheimer

Charge:

Conspiracy and Fraud

Sentence:

3 years & 5 months

Years Imprisoned:

3.2

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Newark

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 11, 2014 the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd District vacated Auernheimer's conviction on the basis he had been tried in the wrong federal judicial district, because all of his alleged crimes occurred in Arkansas, not New Jersey."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"USA v. Andrew Auernheimer, No. 13-1816 (3rd Cir., 4-11-2014)"

Information Location 1:

http://pacer03.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/131816p.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Andrew Auernheimer’s computer hacking conviction is overturned by appeals court, By Jerry Markon (Staff Writer), Washington Post, April 11, 2014"

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/computer-hacker-andrew-auernheimers-conviction-is-overturned-by-appeals-court/2014/04/11/0744a3bc-c1bc-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html

Information Source 3:

"Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer sentenced to 41 months for exploiting AT&T iPad security flaw, By Matt Brian (Staff writer), The Verge, March 18, 2013"

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/18/4118484/andrew-weev-auernheimer-sentenced-att-ipad-hack

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