Stephen H. Haugh

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Charge:	Flag Desecration
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Year Crime:	1967
Year Convicted:	1968
Year Cleared:	1970
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Centre
City of Crime:	State College
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Stephen H. Haugh was wrongly convicted in 1968 of descrecating the American flag during a political demonstation at the University of Pennsylvania at State College, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1967. The flag had written on it, "Make love not war," and, "The new American revolutionaries." Haugh's conviction was affirmed by the Superior Court in 1969. On July 2, 1970 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously vacated Haugh's conviction on the basis the flag desecration law didn't apply to Haugh's conduct, because "Haugh was obviously participating in a demonstration concerning a political issue.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 2, 1970 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously vacated Haugh's conviction on the basis the flag desecration law didn't apply to Haugh's conduct, because "Haugh was obviously participating in a demonstration concerning a political issue.""
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Information Source 1:	"Commonwealth v. Haugh, 439 Pa. 212 (Pa. 1970) (Reversing conviction)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16659970555924351658&q=Commonwealth+v.+Haugh,+439+Pa.+212&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	*"Commonwealth v. Haugh, 215 Pa. Superior Ct. 160, 256 A. 2d 874 214214 (1969) (Affirming conviction)"**
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Information Source 3:	"Conviction Overturned In Desecration of Flag, By Associated Press, The New York Times, July 3, 1970, p. 8"
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Stephen H. Haugh

Charge:

Flag Desecration

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1967

Year Convicted:

1968

Year Cleared:

1970

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Centre

City of Crime:

State College

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 2, 1970 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously vacated Haugh's conviction on the basis the flag desecration law didn't apply to Haugh's conduct, because "Haugh was obviously participating in a demonstration concerning a political issue.""

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Commonwealth v. Haugh, 439 Pa. 212 (Pa. 1970) (Reversing conviction)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16659970555924351658&q=Commonwealth+v.+Haugh,+439+Pa.+212&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"Commonwealth v. Haugh, 215 Pa. Superior Ct. 160, 256 A. 2d 874 214*214 (1969) (Affirming conviction)"

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"Conviction Overturned In Desecration of Flag, By Associated Press, The New York Times, July 3, 1970, p. 8"

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**"Commonwealth v. Haugh, 215 Pa. Superior Ct. 160, 256 A. 2d 874 214*214 (1969) (Affirming conviction)"**