Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Failure to report or register as a sex offender |
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Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Washington |
County or Region of Crime: |
Thurston |
City of Crime: |
Olympia |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Domingo Torres Ramos Jr. was wrongly convicted in 2007 of failing to report to the Thurston County, Washington that he was a sex offender. Domingo Ramos was convicted after a bench trial. On March 10, 2009 the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Ramos' conviction and ordered dismissal of his charge on the basis the Washington legislature improperly delegated the task of classifying Ramos as a sex offender (under RCW 4.24.550(6)(b)) to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. " |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 10, 2009 the Washington Court of Appeals reversed Ramos' conviction and ordered dismissal of his charge on the basis the Washington legislature improperly delegated the task of classifying Ramos as a sex offender (under RCW 4.24.550(6)(b)) to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. " |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"State of Washington, Respondent, v. Domingo Torres Ramos, Jr., No.?36491-3-II (Wash. Ct. of Appeals, Div. 2, 3-10-2009) (Reversing conviction)" |
Information Location 1: |
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1158178.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Washington court reverses sex offender conviction, Seattle Times, March 16, 2009" |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008867458_apwasexoffenderclassification.html |
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