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Keith Eric Benson Jr.

 

Charge:

"Sexual Crime Online (e.g., enticing minor in chatroom for sex)"

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Parker

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Keith Eric Benson Jr. was wrongly convicted in 2008 of online solicitation of a minor in Parker County, Texas. Jimenez pled guilty and was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. On October 5, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Keith Benson's habeas corpus petition based on the unconstitutionality of the statute he was convicted of violating."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On October 5, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Keith Benson's habeas corpus petition based on the unconstitutionality of the statute he was convicted of violating."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Keith Eric Benson Jr., No. WR-85,734-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 10-5-2016) (Granting habeas corpus relief and ordering dismissal of indictment based on unconstitutionality of the statute he was convicted of violating.)"

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