Charles Keating

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Charge:	"Fraud, Racketeering and Conspiracy"
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	4.5
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1992 of fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy related to the failure of Lincoln Savings and Loan in the 1980s. Charles Keating was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Keatings convictions were upheld on direct appeal, and California state courts declined to grant his habeas corpus petition. Keating then filed a writ of habeas corpus that was dismissed by the U.S. District Court, but on appeal the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the petition, ruling that the trial judge (Lance Ito of O.J. Simpson fame) mistakenly failed to instruct the jury that they had to determine he intended to defraud investors before convicting him. Keating was released on bond after 4-1/2 years imprisonment. In October 2000 the prosecutors dismissed the charges."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous jury instructions by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	In 1996 the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled trial judge (Lance Ito of O.J. Simpson fame) mistakenly failed to instruct the jury that they had to determine he intended to defraud investors before convicting him. In October 2000 the prosecutors dismissed the charges.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Charles Keating

Charge:

"Fraud, Racketeering and Conspiracy"

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

4.5

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous jury instructions by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

In 1996 the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled trial judge (Lance Ito of O.J. Simpson fame) mistakenly failed to instruct the jury that they had to determine he intended to defraud investors before convicting him. In October 2000 the prosecutors dismissed the charges.

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Charles Keating, Wikipedia.org (last visited October 8, 2008)"

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