Earnest Leap

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	3 years probation
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
County or Region of Crime:	Jackson
City of Crime:
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Earnest Leap was wrongly convicted in 1992 of sexually abusing his five-year old son in Jackson County, Missouri. Leap had primary custody of his son after divorcing the boy's mother, and he was accused of inappropriately touching his son based on his ex-wife pushing her son to accuse him. To avoid a significantly longer sentence if convicted after a trial, Leap agreed to take an Alford plea in exchange for probation. In making an Alford plea a defendant does not admit guilt, but it has the same leal effect as a guilty plea. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 19, 2016 Missouri's Governor Jay Nixon granted Earnest Leaf a full pardon based on the recantation of Leaf's son that no crime occurred."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Pardoned for the Sex Crime He Never Committed, By Diane Dimond, Creators Syndicate (www.creators.com), August 27, 2016"
Information Location 1:	https://www.creators.com/read/diane-dimond/08/16/pardoned-for-the-sex-crime-he-never-committed
Information Source 2:	"Son falsely accuses father of sexual abuse, spends life trying to undo the damage, By Radley Balko, The Washington Post, October 29, 2015"
Information Location 2:	https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/10/29/son-falsely-accuses-father-of-sexual-abuse-spends-life-trying-to-undo-the-damage/?utm_term=.72d9ce4a2c6d
Information Source 3:	"Decades after ‘lie’ puts dad on sex offender registry, he’s pardoned, By Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star, August 19, 2016"
Information Location 3:	http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article96788667.html
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Earnest Leap

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

3 years probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

Jackson

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 19, 2016 Missouri's Governor Jay Nixon granted Earnest Leaf a full pardon based on the recantation of Leaf's son that no crime occurred."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Pardoned for the Sex Crime He Never Committed, By Diane Dimond, Creators Syndicate (www.creators.com), August 27, 2016"

Information Location 1:

https://www.creators.com/read/diane-dimond/08/16/pardoned-for-the-sex-crime-he-never-committed

Information Source 2:

"Son falsely accuses father of sexual abuse, spends life trying to undo the damage, By Radley Balko, The Washington Post, October 29, 2015"

Information Location 2:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/10/29/son-falsely-accuses-father-of-sexual-abuse-spends-life-trying-to-undo-the-damage/?utm_term=.72d9ce4a2c6d

Information Source 3:

"Decades after ‘lie’ puts dad on sex offender registry, he’s pardoned, By Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star, August 19, 2016"

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http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article96788667.html

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