Robert Farnsworth Jr.

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	3 Years Probation
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1999
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Jackson
City of Crime:	Jackson
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Farnsworth Jr. was falsely convicted of stealing a deposit from the Wendy Restaurant that he was the night manager for when the deposit had gotten stuck inside of the night depository. When the night deposit of a car wash turned up missing the night depository was opened and Farnsworth's, the car wash's, and a drug store's deposit were all caught inside of the machine. Farnsworth had falsely confessed, although totally innocent, under pressure by the State Police. Farnsworth was sentenced to three years probation."
Conviction Caused By:	"Falsely confessed to stealing the money after being grilled for hours by the State Police. The money was missing, and everyone refused to believe Mr. Farnsworth's insistence that he put the deposit in the bank's night depository and that he had falsely confessed to stealing the deposit. "
Innocence Proved By:	"Another bank customer, a car wash, put a deposit in the same night depository as Robert Farnsworth, that turned up missing. When the night depository was opened, that customer's deposit along with Mr. Farnsworth's deposit were hung up inside the machine. There was also a deposit in the machine from a local drug store that had not been reported missing."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Coerced, Farnsworth Confesses Theft. Exonerated After Lost Deposit Found Stuck in Bank Drop," By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 12"
Information Location 1:	http://www.justicedenied.org/v1issue12.html#Coerced
Information Source 2:	"Bank Finds "Thief's" Money Bag in Vault, Grand Rapids Press, March 8, 2000, p. B7."
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Robert Farnsworth Jr.

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

3 Years Probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1999

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Jackson

City of Crime:

Jackson

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Falsely confessed to stealing the money after being grilled for hours by the State Police. The money was missing, and everyone refused to believe Mr. Farnsworth's insistence that he put the deposit in the bank's night depository and that he had falsely confessed to stealing the deposit. "

Innocence Proved By:

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Coerced, Farnsworth Confesses Theft. Exonerated After Lost Deposit Found Stuck in Bank Drop," By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 12"

Information Location 1:

http://www.justicedenied.org/v1issue12.html#Coerced

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"Bank Finds "Thief's" Money Bag in Vault, Grand Rapids Press, March 8, 2000, p. B7."

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