Karla Crosby

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Charge:	Manslaughter
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Years Imprisoned:	5
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Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Multnomah
City of Crime:	Portland
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Karla Crosby was wrongly convicted of manslaughter in 2002, after her 76-year-old mother that she cared for died in 2001 in Portland, Oregon. The prosecution conceeded that there was no evidence Karla Crosby intended for her mother to die, and on March 1, 2007 the Oregon Supreme Court overturned her conviction on the basis that the trial judge improperly instructed the jury on the legal definition of killing a dependent person."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 1, 2007, the Oregon Supreme Court overturned her conviction on the basis that the trial judge the trial judge improperly instructed the jury on the legal definition of killing a dependent person."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court overturns manslaughter conviction of daughter accused of neglect, by Ashbel S. Green (staff), The Oregonian, March 1, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/03/court_overturns_manslaughter_c.html
Information Source 2:	"State v. Crosby, 342 Or. 419 (Or. 2007) (Reversing conviction based on faulty jury instruction)"
Information Location 2:	http://caselaw.findlaw.com/or-supreme-court/1348560.html
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Karla Crosby

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Multnomah

City of Crime:

Portland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 1, 2007, the Oregon Supreme Court overturned her conviction on the basis that the trial judge the trial judge improperly instructed the jury on the legal definition of killing a dependent person."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court overturns manslaughter conviction of daughter accused of neglect, by Ashbel S. Green (staff), The Oregonian, March 1, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/03/court_overturns_manslaughter_c.html

Information Source 2:

"State v. Crosby, 342 Or. 419 (Or. 2007) (Reversing conviction based on faulty jury instruction)"

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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/or-supreme-court/1348560.html

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