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Nancy Baker-Krofft

 

Charge:

Criminal Mistreatment

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Marion

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Nancy Baker-Krofft was wrongly convicted of criminal mistreatment of her 11-year-old son in Marion County, Oregon. After her conviction by a jury Baker-Krofft appealed, and the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction. The Oregon Supreme Court accepted her petition to review the appeals court's ruling. On August 19, 2010 by the Oregon Supreme Court reversed her conviction and acquitted her on the basis she did not commit a violation of the criminal mistreatment law. Her acquittal bars a retrial."

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous interpretation of Oregon's felony criminal mistreatment law by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned on August 19, 2010 by the Oregon Supreme Court on the basis she did not commit a violation of the criminal mistreatment law, and her acquittal bars a retrial."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Baker-Krofft, and McCants and Walker, 239 P. 3d 226, 348 Or. 655 (OR Sup. Ct. 08-19-2010) (Reversing convictions of all three defendants in two separate cases -- State v. Baker-Krofft, S057958 and State v. McCants/Walker, S058148 -- based on insufficient evidence they failed to provide for their children's bodily needs or protect them from an immediate harm.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5202285168927391131&q=State+v.+Baker-Krofft,+348+Or+655&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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