Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Threaten to Assault or Cause Bodily Harm |
Sentence: |
Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing |
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Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Iowa |
County or Region of Crime: |
Plymouth |
City of Crime: |
Akron |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Jeremy Hebert was wrongly convicted on Feb. 18, 2015 of making a bomb threat against the White House on November 20, 2014 from his home in Plymouth, Iowa. On March 27, 2015 Plymouth County District Judge Steven Andreasen granted Hebert post-trial motion for acquittal of his conviction of making a bomb threat against the White House, on the basis the prosecution had introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. Judge Andreasen denied Hebert's post-trial motion for a new trial for three unrelated convictions of assaulting members of law enforcement, and he was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years in prison for each of those convictions." |
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"On March 27, 2015 Plymouth County District Judge Steven Andreasen granted Hebert post-trial motion for acquittal of his conviction of making a bomb threat against the White House, on the basis the prosecution had introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. Judge Andreasen denied Hebert's post-trial motion for a new trial for three unrelated convictions of assaulting members of law enforcement, and he was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years in prison for each of those convictions." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Iowa judge overturns jury verdict in White House bomb threat, By Staff, KTIV.com (Sioux Falls, Iowa), March 30, 2015" |
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http://www.ktiv.com/story/28647674/2015/03/30/iowa-judge-overturns-jury-verdict-in-white-house-bomb-threat |
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"Hebert acquitted on bomb threat, By Austin Harrington (Staff writer), Daily Sentinel (Le Mars, Iowa), March 27, 2015" |
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http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/2179837.html |
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