Rosemarie Jackowski

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Charge:	Vehicle Offenses
Sentence:	2 days in jail
Years Imprisoned:	0.01
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vermont
County or Region of Crime:	Bennington
City of Crime:	Bennington
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of obstructing traffic during an anti-war protest prior to the start of the United States' invasion of Iraq. She was sentenced to 2 days in jail. Her defense was that she had no intent to obstruct traffic, but to exercise her First Amendment right to protest the government's action. On November 22, 2006, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that her conviction was invalid because she had no criminal intent to violate the law, only to protest."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Vermont Supreme Court overturned her conviction on November 22, 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	69
Age When Released:	69
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Jackowski, 2005 Vt. 119 (Vt. 11-22-2006)"
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Information Source 2:	"Bennington grandmother's conviction overturned by Supreme Court, John Curran (AP), Boston Globe, November 22, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/11/22/bennington_grandmothers_conviction_overturned_by_supreme_court/
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Rosemarie Jackowski

Charge:

Vehicle Offenses

Sentence:

2 days in jail

Years Imprisoned:

0.01

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vermont

County or Region of Crime:

Bennington

City of Crime:

Bennington

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Vermont Supreme Court overturned her conviction on November 22, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

69

Age When Released:

69

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Jackowski, 2005 Vt. 119 (Vt. 11-22-2006)"

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"Bennington grandmother's conviction overturned by Supreme Court, John Curran (AP), Boston Globe, November 22, 2006"

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/11/22/bennington_grandmothers_conviction_overturned_by_supreme_court/

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