Truman Handy Newberry

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Charge:	Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.
Sentence:	"2 years and $10,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1918
Year Convicted:	1920
Year Cleared:	1921
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
City of Crime:	Detroit
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Truman Handy Newberry, Paul H. King, and fifteen others were codefendants wrongly convicted on March 20, 1920 of conspiring to violate the federal corrupt practices act by exceed the campaign fund raising limit for Newberry's successful U.S. Senate campain in 1918. Newberry was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $10,000. On May 21, 1921 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the convictions of all seventeen defendants on the basis the U.S. Constitution doesn't allow Congress to regulate primary elections, and the indictment covered the primary and the general election."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous application of the federal corrupt practices act.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 21, 1921 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the convictions of all seventeen defendants on the basis the U.S. Constitution doesn't allow Congress to regulate primary elections, and the indictment covered the primary and the general election."
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Age When Imprisoned:	56
Age When Released:	57
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Newberry, et al. v. United States, 256 U.S. 232 (1921) (Reversing conviction on basis the statute was unconstitutionally applied to Newberry's alleged conduct.)"
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Truman Handy Newberry

Charge:

Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.

Sentence:

"2 years and $10,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1918

Year Convicted:

1920

Year Cleared:

1921

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Detroit

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous application of the federal corrupt practices act.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 21, 1921 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the convictions of all seventeen defendants on the basis the U.S. Constitution doesn't allow Congress to regulate primary elections, and the indictment covered the primary and the general election."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

56

Age When Released:

57

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Newberry, et al. v. United States, 256 U.S. 232 (1921) (Reversing conviction on basis the statute was unconstitutionally applied to Newberry's alleged conduct.)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=102786741913473302&q=256+U.S.+232&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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