Shannel P.

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Charge:	Animal Cruelty
Sentence:	12 months probation
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Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Queens
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Shannel P. was wrongly convicted in 2014 in Family Court in Queens County, New York, of throwing a cat under a moving car in 2013. The car ran over the cat. Shannel P. was 12-years-old at the time of the incident, and she was sentenced to 12 months probation. In March 2016 the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division reversed Shanel P.'s conviction by a majority 2-1 vote, and ordered her acquittal based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court ruled the State's eyewitness testimony was unreliable becasue the witness was standing 10 feet away and her description "lacked specificity.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"In March 2016 the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division reversed Shanel P.'s conviction by a majority 2-1 vote, and ordered her acquittal based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court ruled the State's eyewitness testimony was unreliable becasue the witness was standing 10 feet away and her description "lacked specificity.""
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Conviction overturned for 12-year-old Queens girl accused of throwing kitten under a moving car in 2013, By John Marzulli (Staff writer), New York Daily News, March 23, 2016"
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Shannel P.

Charge:

Animal Cruelty

Sentence:

12 months probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Queens

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Female

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"Conviction overturned for 12-year-old Queens girl accused of throwing kitten under a moving car in 2013, By John Marzulli (Staff writer), New York Daily News, March 23, 2016"

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/conviction-overturned-12-year-old-accused-kitten-kill-article-1.2575681

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