Adam J. Mersereau (park conviction)

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	18 to 24 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.8
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wyoming
County or Region of Crime:	Converse
City of Crime:	Glenrock
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Adam J. Mersereau was wrongly convicted on December 10, 2010 of first-degree sexual abuse of a 4-year-old boy in a park in Glenrock, Wyoming in 2009. Mersereau was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in prison. On September 26, 2012 the Wyoming Supreme Court reversed Mersereau's conviction of first-degree sexual abuse based on evidentiary ruling and jury instruction errors by the trial judge, and ordered a retrial. The prosecution declined to retry Mersereau and its motion to dismiss the charge was granted on October 12, 2012."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 26, 2012 the Wyoming Supreme Court reversed Mersereau's conviction of first-degree sexual abuse and ordered a retrial. The prosecution declined to retry Mersereau and its motion to dismiss the charge was granted on October 12, 2012."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Mersereau v. State, 286 P. 3d 97 (Wyo: Supreme Court 2012) (Reversing second-degree sexual abuse conviction based on insufficient trial evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"
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Adam J. Mersereau (park conviction)

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

18 to 24 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.8

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wyoming

County or Region of Crime:

Converse

City of Crime:

Glenrock

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 26, 2012 the Wyoming Supreme Court reversed Mersereau's conviction of first-degree sexual abuse and ordered a retrial. The prosecution declined to retry Mersereau and its motion to dismiss the charge was granted on October 12, 2012."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Mersereau v. State, 286 P. 3d 97 (Wyo: Supreme Court 2012) (Reversing second-degree sexual abuse conviction based on insufficient trial evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"

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