Howard Kruger

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.67
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Howard Kruger was wrongly convicted in July 2005 of indecently assaulting a girl in December 2003. Howard Kruger was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. Based on new evidence that the girl's bruises were caused by her playing, the Court of Appeals quashed Kruger's conviction in March 2006. Kruger was wrongly imprisoned for eight months."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Based on new evidence that the girl's bruises were caused by her playing, the Court of Appeals quashed Kruger's conviction in March 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	44
Age When Released:	45
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"No retrial in child abuse inquiry, BBC News, March 10, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4793034.stm
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Howard Kruger

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.67

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on new evidence that the girl's bruises were caused by her playing, the Court of Appeals quashed Kruger's conviction in March 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

44

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"No retrial in child abuse inquiry, BBC News, March 10, 2006"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4793034.stm

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