Margaret A. Earle

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Plymouth
City of Crime:	Brockton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Margaret Earle was wrongly convicted in 2005 of second-degree murder in the 1985 death of her 21-month old daughter after her boyfriend stomped on the girl's stomach. Prosecutors successfully argued to the jury that Earle failed to seek appropriate medical attention for her daughter, Rachelle Pelletier. Earle's boyfriend was convicted of first-degree murder. On November 18, 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned Earle's conviction on the basis the evidence of malice was "legally insufficient" to support her second-degree murder conviction. She cannot be retried."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 18, 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned Earle's conviction on the basis the evidence of malice was "legally insufficient" to support her second-degree murder conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Commonwealth vs. Margaret A. Earle. No. SJC-10655. November 18, 2010"
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Information Source 2:	"Mass. court tosses conviction in 1985 child death, By Denise Lavoie (staff), The Boston Globe, November 18, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/18/mass_court_tosses_conviction_in_1985_child_death/
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Margaret A. Earle

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Plymouth

City of Crime:

Brockton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 18, 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned Earle's conviction on the basis the evidence of malice was "legally insufficient" to support her second-degree murder conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Commonwealth vs. Margaret A. Earle. No. SJC-10655. November 18, 2010"

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"Mass. court tosses conviction in 1985 child death, By Denise Lavoie (staff), The Boston Globe, November 18, 2010"

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/18/mass_court_tosses_conviction_in_1985_child_death/

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