Keith Jacobson

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Charge:	"Child Pornography (Possession, Manufacture, or Dissemination)"
Sentence:	3 years suspended to 2 years probation and 250 hours of community service
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Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nebraska - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Madison
City of Crime:	Newman Grove
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Keith Jacobson was wrongly convicted in April 1988 in federal court in Nebraska of one count of knowingly receiving through the mails sexually explicit material depicting a minor. Jacobson, a resident of Newman Grove, Nebraska, presented the defense he was entrapped. After his conviction by a jury Jacobson was sentenced to a 3 year prison term suspended to 2 years probation, and 250 hours of community service. After his conviction was affirmed by the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review. On April 6, 1992, by a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Jacobson's conviction because he was entrapped and the prosecution failed "as a matter of law failed to establish that petitioner was independently predisposed to commit the crime for which he was arrested.""
Conviction Caused By:	Entrapped by federal agents.
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 6, 1992, by a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Jacobson's conviction because he was entrapped and the prosecution failed "as a matter of law failed to establish that petitioner was independently predisposed to commit the crime for which he was arrested.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Jacobson v. United States, 503 US 540, 112 S. Ct. 1535, 118 L. Ed. 2d 174 (4-6-1992)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5596030047797232921&q=Jacobson+v.+United+States+(No.+90-1124)+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"
Information Source 2:	"Farmer Caught in Pornography Trap Feels Vindicated, but at a Cruel Cost, By Dirk Johnson (Staff writer), The New York Times, April 19, 1992"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/us/farmer-caught-in-pornography-trap-feels-vindicated-but-at-a-cruel-cost.html
Information Source 3:	"Keith Jacobson, Wikipedia.org (2-25-2015)"
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Keith Jacobson

Charge:

"Child Pornography (Possession, Manufacture, or Dissemination)"

Sentence:

3 years suspended to 2 years probation and 250 hours of community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nebraska - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Madison

City of Crime:

Newman Grove

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Entrapped by federal agents.

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 6, 1992, by a 5-4 majority, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Jacobson's conviction because he was entrapped and the prosecution failed "as a matter of law failed to establish that petitioner was independently predisposed to commit the crime for which he was arrested.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Jacobson v. United States, 503 US 540, 112 S. Ct. 1535, 118 L. Ed. 2d 174 (4-6-1992)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5596030047797232921&q=Jacobson+v.+United+States+(No.+90-1124)+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

Information Source 2:

"Farmer Caught in Pornography Trap Feels Vindicated, but at a Cruel Cost, By Dirk Johnson (Staff writer), The New York Times, April 19, 1992"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/19/us/farmer-caught-in-pornography-trap-feels-vindicated-but-at-a-cruel-cost.html

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"Keith Jacobson, Wikipedia.org (2-25-2015)"

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