Jason Gale

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Charge:	Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
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Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Dakota
County or Region of Crime:	Grand Forks
City of Crime:	Grand Forks
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Jason Gale was wrongly convicted in 2015 of driving under the influence in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1995. The trial judge denied Gale's pre-trial motion to dismiss the charge based on the violation of his speedy trial rights by the 20 year delay in his prosecution. After his conviction by a jury, Gale appealed. On March 15, 2016 the North Dakota Supreme Court reversed Gale's conviction based based on the violation of his constitutional right to a speedy trial by the 20 year delay in his prosecution."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 15, 2016 the North Dakota Supreme Court reversed Gale's conviction based based on the violation of his constitutional right to a speedy trial by the 20 year delay in his prosecution."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"City of Grand Forks v. Gale, 2016 ND 58 (ND Sup. Ct., 3-15-2016) (Reversing conviction based on violation of speedy trial rights for 20 year delay in prosecution.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ndcourts.gov/_court/opinions/20150204.htm
Information Source 2:	"N. Dakota court strikes conviction on 20-year-old DUI charge, By Associated Press, The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, Texas), March 16, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/high-court-overturns--year-old-drunken-driving-conviction/article_f914a598-c3c2-546a-a660-498689ee2dea.html
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Jason Gale

Charge:

Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Dakota

County or Region of Crime:

Grand Forks

City of Crime:

Grand Forks

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 15, 2016 the North Dakota Supreme Court reversed Gale's conviction based based on the violation of his constitutional right to a speedy trial by the 20 year delay in his prosecution."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"City of Grand Forks v. Gale, 2016 ND 58 (ND Sup. Ct., 3-15-2016) (Reversing conviction based on violation of speedy trial rights for 20 year delay in prosecution.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.ndcourts.gov/_court/opinions/20150204.htm

Information Source 2:

"N. Dakota court strikes conviction on 20-year-old DUI charge, By Associated Press, The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, Texas), March 16, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/high-court-overturns--year-old-drunken-driving-conviction/article_f914a598-c3c2-546a-a660-498689ee2dea.html

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