Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Mail Fraud & Conspiracy |
Sentence: |
1 year |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.75 |
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Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year Cleared: |
1991 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
New York |
City of Crime: |
New York |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"John A. Mulheren Jr. was wrongly convicted in 1990 of mail fraud and conspiracy related to insider trading on Wall Street. John Mulheren was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day imprisonment and a fine of $1,681,700. Mulheren's convictions were overturned in 1991 by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on the basis the prosecution had failed to introduce evidence proving every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt." |
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Mulheren's convictions were overturned in 1991 by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"US v. Mulheren, 938 F. 2d 364 (2nd Cir 1991)" |
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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9454910876185572833&q=john+a.+Mulheren&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48" |
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"Mulheren's Conviction Is Overturned by Court, By Kurt Eichenwald, The New York Times, July 11, 1991, p. D-1" |
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