Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Prostitution Solicitation |
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Year Crime: |
2002 |
Year Convicted: |
2002 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Fresno |
City of Crime: |
Fresno |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Stephen Lake was wrongly convicted of soliciting a prostitute in Fresno, California. In December 2006 a 3-judge panel ruled it was not illegal for Lake to solicit sex in a public location if no one else was around to be offended by the request." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In December 2006 a 3-judge panel ruled it was not illegal for Lake to solicit sex in a public location if no one else was around to be offended by the request. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
50 |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Conviction in sex sting overturned, By Chris Collins, Tacoma News-Tribune (Tacoma), December 15, 2006" |
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http://0-search.proquest.com.catalog.multcolib.org/docview/459655576?accountid=37296 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org