Tabitha Pollock

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	36 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.5
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Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Tabitha Pollock was wrongly convicted of the October 10, 1995 murder of her 3 year old daughter, Jami Sue was murdered by her live-in boyfriend, but her conviction was based on the prosecution's theory that she should have known that he was capable of killing her daughter. The Illinois Sup Ct reversed her conviction in Oct 2002 on the basis that a person cannot be convicted of murder on the basis that what they should have known what someone else would do - but only on the basis of what they actually knew. [This was similar to the reasoning the Nevada Supreme Court used in 2000 to overturn the murder conviction of Kriseya J. Labastida in the murder of her infant daughter by her husband.] She was released just before Christmas 2002. "Outside Lincoln Correctional Center, where she had served 6 and a half years, Pollock was greeted by her parents, her 12-year-old son Preston, Jane Raley, and a throng of reporters. “I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong,” Pollock said. “I knew if anyone would help me, it would be Northwestern.”" (source: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Pollock.htm) "
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecution's theory that she should have known her boyfriend was capable of killing her daughter
Innocence Proved By:	IL Sup Ct. reversed her conviction
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Wrongly Convicted Based on What She Should Have Known
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Tabitha Pollock

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

36 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecution's theory that she should have known her boyfriend was capable of killing her daughter

Innocence Proved By:

IL Sup Ct. reversed her conviction

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Wrongly Convicted Based on What She Should Have Known

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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/Pollock.htm

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