Franklin Beauchamp

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sexual Assault
Sentence:	25 to 75 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1986
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Franklin Beauchamp was one of The Bronx Five: 5 men working at day care centers in the Bronx prosecuted by Mario Merola in 1986. Codefendant of A. Algerin and J. Torres. Beauchamp's conviction of child abuse was overturned by the New York State Supreme Court in May 1989. The FBI secretly recorded 640 hours of video tape at the day care and no abuse took place.
Conviction Caused By:	Interview techniques of the children involved that produced false testimony and the implantation of false memories.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by New York State Supreme Court in May 1989.
Defendant Aided By:	"Attorney Joel B. Rudin represented all five of The Bronx Five during stages of the appeal process. He said: "It was appalling, frightening .. It was the product of a very ambitious prosecutor who saw a good story and jumped on a national bandwagon. The true victims were the defendants." "
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	32
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	Frontline: Innocence Lost - Other Well-Known Cases
Information Location 1:	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/innocence/etc/other.html
Information Source 2:	"Ritual Abuse Cases In Westchester, New York State"
Information Location 2:	http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_westc.htm
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Franklin Beauchamp

Charge:

Child/Minor Sexual Assault

Sentence:

25 to 75 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Interview techniques of the children involved that produced false testimony and the implantation of false memories.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by New York State Supreme Court in May 1989.

Defendant Aided By:

"Attorney Joel B. Rudin represented all five of The Bronx Five during stages of the appeal process. He said: "It was appalling, frightening .. It was the product of a very ambitious prosecutor who saw a good story and jumped on a national bandwagon. The true victims were the defendants." "

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

32

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

Frontline: Innocence Lost - Other Well-Known Cases

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/innocence/etc/other.html

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"Ritual Abuse Cases In Westchester, New York State"

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http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_westc.htm

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