John Ligon

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Charge:	Theft of Government Property
Sentence:	2 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.16
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nevada - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Washoe
City of Crime:	Reno
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"John Ligon and Carroll Mizell were wrongly convicted in June 2004 of the theft of government property in August 2003 related to several Native American petroglyphs removed from an unmarked site on the side of a mountain in northwest Reno. On March 21, 2006 the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of John Ligon and Carroll Mizell and ordered their acquittal because the government had failed to introduce evidence the value of the items they alleged removed exceeded the $1,000 threshold required by the statute."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 21, 2006 the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of John Ligon and Carroll Mizell and ordered their acquittal because the government had failed to introduce evidence the value of the items they alleged removed exceeded the $1,000 threshold required by the statute."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorneys Richard F. Cornell and Scott N. Freeman
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"US v. Ligon, 440 F. 3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2006)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10985122055149604045&q=%22John+Ligon%22+%22Carroll+Mizell%22&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"
Information Source 2:	"Petroglyph thief faces drug, weapons charges, Jaclyn O'Malley (staff), Reno Gazette-Journal, September 22, 2004"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nathpo.org/News/Sacred_Sites/News-Sacred_Sites98.htm
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John Ligon

Charge:

Theft of Government Property

Sentence:

2 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.16

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nevada - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Washoe

City of Crime:

Reno

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Attorneys Richard F. Cornell and Scott N. Freeman

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"US v. Ligon, 440 F. 3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2006)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10985122055149604045&q=%22John+Ligon%22+%22Carroll+Mizell%22&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

Information Source 2:

"Petroglyph thief faces drug, weapons charges, Jaclyn O'Malley (staff), Reno Gazette-Journal, September 22, 2004"

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http://www.nathpo.org/News/Sacred_Sites/News-Sacred_Sites98.htm

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