Luke Otterstad

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Charge:	Endangering Public Safety
Sentence:	"60 days in jail, 2 yrs probation, and $600 fine"
Years Imprisoned:	0.12
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Minnesota
County or Region of Crime:	Anoka
City of Crime:	Anoka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Luke Otterstad was co-defendant of Robert Rudnick. Both men were wrongly convicted in 2005 of misdemeanor endangering public safety by holding an anti-abortion sign over a freeway overpass in Anoka, Minnesota on September 21, 2004. They waived a jury trial, and were convicted by a judge based on stipulated facts. Rudnick and Otterstad were both sentenced to 60 days in jail, two years probation, and payment of a $600 fine. On July 12, 2007 the Minnesotta Supreme Court unanimously overturned their convictions, ruling that they were charged under an ordiance that had been superceded by another law, and so their convictions were invalid."
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Information Source 1:	"State v. Otterstad, 734 NW 2d 642 (Minn. 07-12-2007) (Reversing convictions and ordering dismissal)"
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Information Source 2:	"State court ruling lets abortion foes hold their ground, By Tom Ford (staff), Star-Tribune (Minneapolis - St Paul), August 14, 2007"
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Luke Otterstad

Charge:

Endangering Public Safety

Sentence:

"60 days in jail, 2 yrs probation, and $600 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

0.12

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Minnesota

County or Region of Crime:

Anoka

City of Crime:

Anoka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In July 2007 the Minnesotta Supreme Court overturned Otterstad and Rudnick's convictions.

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Male

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"State v. Otterstad, 734 NW 2d 642 (Minn. 07-12-2007) (Reversing convictions and ordering dismissal)"

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"State court ruling lets abortion foes hold their ground, By Tom Ford (staff), Star-Tribune (Minneapolis - St Paul), August 14, 2007"

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http://www.startribune.com/crime/story/1360918.html

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