Di Fingleton

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Charge:	Threatening Behavior (Including threatening bodily harm)
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Di Fingleton was wrongly convicted of sending a threatening email to a subordinate magistrate. Di Fingleton was Queensland, Australia's Chief Magistrate. Queensland's High Court ruled in June 2005 that under Australia's Magistrates Act of 1991, Ms. Fingleton was immune from prosecution when performing judicial administrative duties. Imprisoned for 6 months, and awarded $475,000 (Australian) compensation in September 2005."
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Compensation Awarded:	"AUS$475,000"
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Magistrate Awarded $348,000 And New Job After 'Threat' Conviction Tossed, by Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 31 (Winter 2006), pp. 17-18."
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Di Fingleton

Charge:

Threatening Behavior (Including threatening bodily harm)

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"AUS$475,000"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Magistrate Awarded $348,000 And New Job After 'Threat' Conviction Tossed, by Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 31 (Winter 2006), pp. 17-18."

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http://www.justicedenied.org/issue/issue_31/jd_issue_31.pdf

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