Ronald Onofre

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Charge:	Sodomy (also Buggery)
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Year Crime:	1977
Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	1980
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Onondaga
City of Crime:	Syracuse
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Ronald Onofre was wrongly convicted in October 1978 of sodomy for having consensual sex with a 17-year-old boy in 1977. ONofre was sentenced to one year probation. In December 1980 New York's Court of Appeals vacated Ronald Onofre's sodomy conviction in ruling that New York's consensual sodomy law was unconstitutional because it prohibited anal or oral sex between unmarried adults.
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Innocence Proved By:	In December 1980 New York's Court of Appeals vacated Ronald Onofre's sodomy conviction in ruling that New York's consensual sodomy law was unconstitutional because it prohibited anal or oral sex between unmarried adults.
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Information Source 1:	"Sodomy Law Voided, Ending Onofre's Long Ordeal, By Gary Febbo (staff), Syracuse Post Standard, December 19, 1980"
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Ronald Onofre

Charge:

Sodomy (also Buggery)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1977

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

1980

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Onondaga

City of Crime:

Syracuse

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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In December 1980 New York's Court of Appeals vacated Ronald Onofre's sodomy conviction in ruling that New York's consensual sodomy law was unconstitutional because it prohibited anal or oral sex between unmarried adults.

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Male

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"Sodomy Law Voided, Ending Onofre's Long Ordeal, By Gary Febbo (staff), Syracuse Post Standard, December 19, 1980"

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