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Charge:	Stolen Goods (includs purchasing stolen goods)
Sentence:	1200 euros ($1700)
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"The 47-year-old German software engineer purchased a GPS system on the EBay internet auction service in 2005 for less than one third of its retail list price. Police monitoring Ebay sales determined the GPS unit was stolen, and charged the engineer with purchasing stolen merchandise. Convicted by the court's reliance on the prosecution's argument that he should have known it was stolen because of the low price he paid, the engineer was fined 1200 euros ($1700). He appealed. In September 2007 the appeals court overturned his conviction, ruling their was not sufficient evidence to support that he knew the device was stolen. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	45
Age When Released:	47
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"German court overturns eBay shopper's conviction, Reuters, September 28, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL289661020070928
Information Source 2:	"Ebay conviction overturned for man who bought stolen goods, Trendwatch, September 28, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34106/113/
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Software Engineer

Charge:

Stolen Goods (includs purchasing stolen goods)

Sentence:

1200 euros ($1700)

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

45

Age When Released:

47

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"German court overturns eBay shopper's conviction, Reuters, September 28, 2007"

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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL289661020070928

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"Ebay conviction overturned for man who bought stolen goods, Trendwatch, September 28, 2007"

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http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34106/113/

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