A. B.

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Charge:	Harassment criminal (incl. Aggravated)
Sentence:	9 months probation
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Indiana
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"A. B. was wrongly convicted as a juvenile of what for an adult would have been the criminal charge of Harassment, for her posting of allegedly objectionable comments about her high school principal on a MySpace.com webpage. On May 13, 2008 the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove she had any criminal intent to harass the principal."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 13, 2008 the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove she had any criminal intent to harass the principal."
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"A.B. v. Indiana, 67s01-0709-jv-373 (Indiana Sup. Ct. May 13, 2008)"
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Information Source 2:	"Justices overturn girl's myspace conviction, Indianapolis Star, May 14, 2008"
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A. B.

Charge:

Harassment criminal (incl. Aggravated)

Sentence:

9 months probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indiana

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 13, 2008 the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove she had any criminal intent to harass the principal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"A.B. v. Indiana, 67s01-0709-jv-373 (Indiana Sup. Ct. May 13, 2008)"

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Information Source 2:

"Justices overturn girl's myspace conviction, Indianapolis Star, May 14, 2008"

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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS02/805140472

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