Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Terrorism |
Sentence: |
6 yrs |
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Year Crime: |
2006 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pennsylvania - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Montgomery |
City of Crime: |
Lansdale |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Carol Anne Bond |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 2, 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and vacated Carol Anne Bond's convictions of two counts of 18 U.S.C. § 229(a)(1) on the basis her actions didn't constitute a crime under the statute." |
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Female |
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Information Source 1: |
"Bond v. U.S., 572 U.S. ____, (No. 12-158) (USSC, 6-2-2014) Acquitting Bond of chemical weapons convictions." |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-158_6579.pdf |
Information Source 2: |
"Attempted poisoning wasn't chemical warfare, court rules, By Rebecca Trager, Chemistry World, June 10, 2014" |
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http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/attempted-poisoning-not-chemical-weapons-treaty-warfare-us-supreme-court-rules |
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"Defendant properly prosecuted and sentenced under federal chemical weapons statute after strategically employing toxic chemicals with intent to harm, By Julie McGrain, Federal Defender Third Circuit Blog, October 13, 2009" |
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http://circuit3.blogspot.com/2009/10/defendant-properly-prosecuted-and.html |
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