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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Rape |
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Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year
Cleared:
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2006 |
Location
of Trial:
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Maryland |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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"Wrongly convicted of rape in December 2004, based on a woman who had consented to a sexual encounter, then telling him during sex that she wanted to stop. On October 30, 2006, the Maryland Court of Appeals overturned Baby's conviction on the basis that under Maryland law a man can't be convicted of rape once a consensual sex act has commenced." |
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Innocence
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"Conviction overturned by the Maryland Court of Appeals on October 30, 2006."
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Information Source 1: |
"Baby v. State, No. 225 September Term, 2005 (Md.Sp.App. 10/30/2006)" |
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"Rape ruling causes concern, Monica Klucharich, The Daily Collegian (Penn State), November 16, 2006" |
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http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/11/11-16-06tdc/11-16-06dnews-07.asp |
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