Lenny Bruce (IL case)

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Charge:	Obsenity Related Charge
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1962
Year Convicted:	1963
Year Cleared:	1964
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Lenny Bruce was wrongly convicted in 1963 of obscenity for his comedy act at the Gate of Horn folk club in Chicago, Illinois on December 5, 1962. He was sentenced to one year in prison. On November 24, 1964 the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Bruce's conviction on the basis the content of his comedy act was protected speech under the First Amendment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 24, 1964 the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Bruce's conviction on the basis the content of his comedy act was protected speech under the First Amendment."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"People v. Bruce, 202 N.E.2d 497, 31 Ill.2d 459 (IL Supreme Ct., 11-24-1964)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17374314100702261582&q=People+v.+Bruce,+202+N.E.2d+497,+31+Ill.2d+459+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"Legal Opinions Relating to Obscenity Prosecutions of Comedian Lenny Bruce, www.law2.umkc.edu"
Information Location 2:	http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bruce/brucecourtdecisions.html
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Lenny Bruce (IL case)

Charge:

Obsenity Related Charge

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1962

Year Convicted:

1963

Year Cleared:

1964

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 24, 1964 the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Bruce's conviction on the basis the content of his comedy act was protected speech under the First Amendment."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"People v. Bruce, 202 N.E.2d 497, 31 Ill.2d 459 (IL Supreme Ct., 11-24-1964)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17374314100702261582&q=People+v.+Bruce,+202+N.E.2d+497,+31+Ill.2d+459+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

Information Source 2:

"Legal Opinions Relating to Obscenity Prosecutions of Comedian Lenny Bruce, www.law2.umkc.edu"

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http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bruce/brucecourtdecisions.html

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