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Anthony McKenzie

 

Charge:

Spamming (feloniously sending emails)

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Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Forsyth

City of Crime:

Cumming

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Anthony McKenzie was wrongly convicted of talking suggestively on a jail telephone in 2003 with a girl he had met over the Internet. In April 2005 the Georgia Sup. Ct. reversed his conviction on the grounds that the law he had been convicted of violating unconstitutionally limited free speech.

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Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

19

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"McKenzie v. State, No. S05A0298 (Ga. Supreme Ct., 04/26/2005) (Reversing convictions)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.justicedenied.org/issue/issue_28/telephone_jd28.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Convictions Tossed For Talking Suggestively On Telephone, Justice Denied, Spring 2005, Issue 28."

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