Ken Peters

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Charge:	Criminal Contempt
Sentence:	"Fined CAN$31,600"
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Year Crime:	2004
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Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"A reporter wrongly convicted of contempt for failing to reveal his sources for a news story, during a trial. Ken Peters, a reporter for The Hamilton Spectator was fined $31,600 (CAN). On March 17, 2008, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned Peters conviction. The Court recognized that forcing journalists to reveal sources has a “chilling effect” on news gathering and that efforts must to made to “minimize the impact” contempt rulings have on a reporter’s constitutional rights."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 17, 2008, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned Peters conviction. The Court recognized that forcing journalists to reveal sources has a “chilling effect” on news gathering and that efforts must to made to “minimize the impact” contempt rulings have on a reporter’s constitutional rights."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Journalist's contempt conviction overturned, The Star (Toronto), March 17, 2008"
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Ken Peters

Charge:

Criminal Contempt

Sentence:

"Fined CAN$31,600"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Journalist's contempt conviction overturned, The Star (Toronto), March 17, 2008"

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http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/346911

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