Susan Finkelstein

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Charge:	Prostitution
Sentence:	1 yr probation and 100 hours community service
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Bucks
City of Crime:	Bensalem
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Susan Finkelstein was wrongly convicted on March 24, 2010 of attempted prostitution after an undercover Philadelphia police officer answered her craigslist.org advertisement seeking two Philadelphia Phillies 2009 World Series Tickets. She was acquitted on appeal by the Pennsylvania Superior Court on December 20, 2011."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"Finkelstein was acquitted on appeal by the Pennsylvania Superior Court on December 20, 2011."
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Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Pennsylvania v Finkelstein, No. 1876 EDA 2010 (Superior Court, 12-20-2011)"
Information Location 1:	http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/phillyburbs.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/2b/d2bddb50-5f17-5c3c-a23d-fb4b96d74315/4ef10ff520c33.pdf.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court overturns woman's sex-for-Phillies-tickets conviction, By Ben Finley (Staff writer), The Intelligencer (Philadelphia), December 21, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/court-overturns-woman-s-sex-for-phillies-tickets-conviction/article_549f4509-aec7-5977-b504-a82c11c95236.html
Information Source 3:	"Conviction Overturned for Sex-for-Phillies-Tickets Woman, By Joe Hart, Patch.com, December 22, 2011"
Information Location 3:	http://bensalem.patch.com/articles/conviction-overturned-for-sex-for-phillies-tickets-woman
Information Source 4:	"Case closed for former 'sex-for-tickets' LPS student, By Julie Xie, The Daily Pennsylvanian, December 21, 2011"
Information Location 4:	http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/12/case_closed_for_former_sexfortickets_lps_student_1221
Information Source 5:	"Susan Finkelstein beats sex-for-tickets rap, By Alexandra Wigglesworth (staff), Philadelphia Metro, December 21, 2011"
Information Location 5:	http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/local/article/1055400--susan-finkelstein-beats-sex-for-tickets-rap
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Susan Finkelstein

Charge:

Prostitution

Sentence:

1 yr probation and 100 hours community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Bucks

City of Crime:

Bensalem

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Finkelstein was acquitted on appeal by the Pennsylvania Superior Court on December 20, 2011."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Pennsylvania v Finkelstein, No. 1876 EDA 2010 (Superior Court, 12-20-2011)"

Information Location 1:

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/phillyburbs.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/2b/d2bddb50-5f17-5c3c-a23d-fb4b96d74315/4ef10ff520c33.pdf.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court overturns woman's sex-for-Phillies-tickets conviction, By Ben Finley (Staff writer), The Intelligencer (Philadelphia), December 21, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/court-overturns-woman-s-sex-for-phillies-tickets-conviction/article_549f4509-aec7-5977-b504-a82c11c95236.html

Information Source 3:

"Conviction Overturned for Sex-for-Phillies-Tickets Woman, By Joe Hart, Patch.com, December 22, 2011"

Information Location 3:

http://bensalem.patch.com/articles/conviction-overturned-for-sex-for-phillies-tickets-woman

Information Source 4:

"Case closed for former 'sex-for-tickets' LPS student, By Julie Xie, The Daily Pennsylvanian, December 21, 2011"

Information Location 4:

http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/12/case_closed_for_former_sexfortickets_lps_student_1221

Information Source 5:

"Susan Finkelstein beats sex-for-tickets rap, By Alexandra Wigglesworth (staff), Philadelphia Metro, December 21, 2011"

Information Location 5:

http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/local/article/1055400--susan-finkelstein-beats-sex-for-tickets-rap

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