Dominick Owens

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Charge:	Bribery (including public corruption)
Sentence:	1 year and 1 day in prison
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Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Dominick Owens was wrongly convicted in November 2011 of taking two bribes to sign occupancy permits in Chicago, Illinois. Owens was convicted by a jury under the federal bribery statute (18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B)) of twice taking a bribe of $600 to sign occupancy permits for houses. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. He appealed, and on October 11, 2012 the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction on the ground the federal bribery statute requires that a bribe involve a transaction "involving any thing of value of $5,000 or more, and since Owens only received a total of $1,2000, he had not committed a crime."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge improperly applied the federal bribery statute.
Innocence Proved By:	"On October 11, 2012 the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction on the basis that the federal bribery statue requires that a person receive at least $5,000, and thus Owens had not committed a crime."
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Information Source 1:	"Bribe wasn’t big enough, so city inspector’s conviction overturned, appeals court rules, By Kim Janssen (Federal Court Reporter), Chicago Sun-Times, October 11, 2012"
Information Location 1:	http://www.suntimes.com/news/15691518-418/the-bribe-wasnt-big-enough-so-conviction-overturned-appeals-court.html
Information Source 2:	"USA v. Dominick Owens, No. 12-1918 (7th Cir. 10-11-2012)"
Information Location 2:	http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=12-1918_002.pdf
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Dominick Owens

Charge:

Bribery (including public corruption)

Sentence:

1 year and 1 day in prison

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge improperly applied the federal bribery statute.

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 11, 2012 the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction on the basis that the federal bribery statue requires that a person receive at least $5,000, and thus Owens had not committed a crime."

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Bribe wasn’t big enough, so city inspector’s conviction overturned, appeals court rules, By Kim Janssen (Federal Court Reporter), Chicago Sun-Times, October 11, 2012"

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/15691518-418/the-bribe-wasnt-big-enough-so-conviction-overturned-appeals-court.html

Information Source 2:

"USA v. Dominick Owens, No. 12-1918 (7th Cir. 10-11-2012)"

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http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=12-1918_002.pdf

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