Joseph Bane

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Charge:	Obsenity Related Charge
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Year Crime:	2007
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Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Greenville
City of Crime:	Greenville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Bane was wrongly convicted of violating Greenville, South Carolina's obscenity ordinance for preseaching against homosexuality on a city street. On November 8, 2010 the South Carolina Supreme Court overtrned Bane's conviction, ruling Greenville's city ordinance prohibiting humiliating, offensive, scary or obscene comments is too vague to be enforced and is therefore unconstitutional."
Conviction Caused By:	Accused of violating an unconstitutional law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On November 8, 2010 the South Carolina Supreme Court overtrned Bane's conviction, ruling Greenville's city ordinance prohibiting humiliating, offensive, scary or obscene comments is too vague to be enforced and is therefore unconstitutional."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	SC High Court Strikes Down Greenville Ordinance - Fox Carolina - 11-8-2010
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Joseph Bane

Charge:

Obsenity Related Charge

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Greenville

City of Crime:

Greenville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Accused of violating an unconstitutional law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 8, 2010 the South Carolina Supreme Court overtrned Bane's conviction, ruling Greenville's city ordinance prohibiting humiliating, offensive, scary or obscene comments is too vague to be enforced and is therefore unconstitutional."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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SC High Court Strikes Down Greenville Ordinance - Fox Carolina - 11-8-2010

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http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/25675033/detail.html

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