Julie Baumer

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Charge:	Child Abuse
Sentence:	10 to 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Macomb
City of Crime:	Harrison Township
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Julie Baumer was wrongly convicted in 2005 of first-degree child abuse for allegedly violently shaking her 6-week-old nephew, Philipp Baumer, in 2003, leaving him blind and brain injured. Julie Baumer was awarded a new trial in November 2009 based on ineffective assistance of counsel. She was released on bail pending her retrial. Based on new medical evidence suggesting the boy suffered from venous sinus thrombosis or a 'childhood stroke,' rather than being abused, a jury acquitted Baumer on October 16, 2010, after a retrial. She was wrongly imprisoned for more than 4 years. Her attorney for her retrial was Carl Marlinga, former prosecuting attorney for Macomb County."
Conviction Caused By:	Ineffective assistance of counsel.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on new medical evidence the child's injuries weren't caused by being shaken, a jury acquitted Baumer on October 16, 2010, after a retrial."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorney Carl Marlinga
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	33
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Woman acquitted after second trial on child-abuse charges, By Christine Ferretti (staff), The Detroit News, October 16, 2010"
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Julie Baumer

Charge:

Child Abuse

Sentence:

10 to 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Macomb

City of Crime:

Harrison Township

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Ineffective assistance of counsel.

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on new medical evidence the child's injuries weren't caused by being shaken, a jury acquitted Baumer on October 16, 2010, after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Attorney Carl Marlinga

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Woman acquitted after second trial on child-abuse charges, By Christine Ferretti (staff), The Detroit News, October 16, 2010"

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http://www.detnews.com/article/20101016/METRO03/10160368/1412/METRO03/Woman-acquitted-in-baby’s-death

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