Archie Darrel Kiel

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	"5 months and a $5,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	0.12
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Kalkaska
City of Crime:	Rapid City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Archie Darrel Kiel was wrongly convicted on July 16, 2010 of manufacturing a controlled substance (marijuana). He was sentenced to serve 5 months in prison and payment of a $5,000 fine. On July 17, 2012 the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed Kiel's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by denying Kiel from presenting an affirmative defense that he was growing medical marijuana. The Kalkaska County DA declined to retry Archie Kiel, and the DA's motion to dismiss the charges was granted on September 26, 2012."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 17, 2012 the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed Kiel's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by denying Kiel from presenting an affirmative defense that he was growing medical marijuana. The Kalkaska County DA declined to retry Kiel, and the DA's motion to dismiss the charges was granted on September 26, 2012."
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Age When Imprisoned:	50
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Archie Kiel, The National Registry of Exonerations"
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Archie Darrel Kiel

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

"5 months and a $5,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

0.12

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Kalkaska

City of Crime:

Rapid City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Archie Kiel, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4711

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