Robert Baltovich

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	8
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Toronto
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Baltovich was wrongly convicted in 1992 of second-degree murder in the 1990 murder of his girlfriend. Robert Baltovich was released on bail in 2000 pending the outcome of his appeal. His conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals in 2004 and his retrial was ordered. On the first day of his retrial on April 22, 2008, the prosecution dismissed the indictment against Baltovich. He was wrongly imprisoned for eight years."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Baltovich's conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals in 2004 and his retrial was ordered. On the first day of his retrial on April 22, 2008, the prosecution dismissed the indictment against him."
Defendant Aided By:	Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"I get to live the rest my life free' - Baltovich acquitted, CBC News, April 22, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/04/22/baltovich-trial.html
Information Source 2:	"Baltovich legal saga ends in acquittal, National Post, April 22, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=464221
Information Source 3:	"Robert Baltovich case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"
Information Location 3:	http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/robert-baltovich/
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Robert Baltovich

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Toronto

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Baltovich's conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals in 2004 and his retrial was ordered. On the first day of his retrial on April 22, 2008, the prosecution dismissed the indictment against him."

Defendant Aided By:

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"I get to live the rest my life free' - Baltovich acquitted, CBC News, April 22, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/04/22/baltovich-trial.html

Information Source 2:

"Baltovich legal saga ends in acquittal, National Post, April 22, 2008"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=464221

Information Source 3:

"Robert Baltovich case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"

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http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/robert-baltovich/

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