Lyn Nofziger

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Charge:	Lobbying
Sentence:	"90 days in prison and $30,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	0.17
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Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia
County or Region of Crime:	District of Columbia
City of Crime:	District of Columbia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Lyn Nofziger was wrongly convicted on February 2, 1988 of three counts of illegal lobbying White House aides months after he left his position as an aide in the Reagan White House. Nofziger was sentenced to 90 days in prison and sentenced $30,000. On June 27, 1989, a federal appeals court overturned his conviction on the basis the government had not proved every essential element of his accused crimes. That ruling their was insufficient evidence barred his retrial"
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 27, 1989, a federal appeals court overturned his conviction on the basis the government had not proved every essential element of his accused crimes."
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Age When Imprisoned:	64
Age When Released:	64
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Lyn Nofziger, 81, Irreverent Adviser to Reagan, Is Dead, By John M. Broder, The New York Times, March 28, 2006"
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Information Source 2:	"Nofziger Conviction Overturned, By Pete Yost (AP writer), Spartanburg Herald-Journal, June 28, 1989, p. A3"
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Lyn Nofziger

Charge:

Lobbying

Sentence:

"90 days in prison and $30,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

0.17

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

District of Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 27, 1989, a federal appeals court overturned his conviction on the basis the government had not proved every essential element of his accused crimes."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

64

Age When Released:

64

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Lyn Nofziger, 81, Irreverent Adviser to Reagan, Is Dead, By John M. Broder, The New York Times, March 28, 2006"

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED71430F93BA15750C0A9609C8B63

Information Source 2:

"Nofziger Conviction Overturned, By Pete Yost (AP writer), Spartanburg Herald-Journal, June 28, 1989, p. A3"

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