Wrongly Convicted Database

Years Imprisoned:	2
Charge:	Sodomy
Sentence:	2 years
Year Convicted:	1984
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Location of Trial:	Oklahoma
Result:	Not Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"He had been a wealthy oil-company owner, and proof he was innocent of his conviction of forcible oral-sodomy was uncovered in 1986 during a civil suit by his alleged victim to recover money from him. The nurse at the hospital where she went testified that the "victim" told her that her then doctor-boyfriend was her attacker. Plotner wound up paying nothing to her. He was released from prison after serving two years, but as of 2001 the conviction had not been reversed."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured testimony by the alleged victim as part of a ploy to sue Mr. Plotner, a wealthy businessman for damages.
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Information Source 1:	The FBI's Junk Science, GQ magazine, January 2001, pp. 114-117, 149.
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