Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Financial Violation (currency structuring, etc)" |
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1 year |
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1991 |
Year Cleared: |
1994 |
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Oregon - Federal Case |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Loretta Ratzlaf was codefendant of her husband, Waldemar Ratzlaf. They wrongly convicted in federal court of currency structuring. On January 11, 1994 the United States Supreme Court reversed the Ratzlaf's convictions on the basis they had no knowledge of the laws applicable to them, and the government hadn't informed them of those laws, so they couldn't have had the requisite knowledge of the law and willful intent to violate the law. The case is Ratzlaf v. United States, 510 U.S. 135 (1994)." |
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"On January 11, 1994 the United States Supreme Court reversed the Ratzlaf's convictions on the basis they had no knowledge of the laws applicable to them, and the government hadn't informed them of those laws, so they couldn't have had the requisite knowledge of the law and willful intent to violate the law. The case is Ratzlaf v. United States, 510 U.S. 135 (1994)." |
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Female |
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White |
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"Ratzlaf v. U.S., 510 U.S. 135 (1994)" |
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"U.S. v. Ratzlaf, 976 F.2d 1280 (9th Cir.1992)" |
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