Howard Edwin Reinecke

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Charge:	Perjury
Sentence:	18 month suspended
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1972
Year Convicted:	1974
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	District of Columbia
City of Crime:	Washington DC
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Howard Edwin Reinecke was wrongly convicted of committing perjury before a U.S. Senate committee. Reinecke was given a suspended 18 month prison sentence. Reinecke's conviction was overturned in 1975 by a U.S. Court of Appeals on the bais there was only one senator present and that didn't constitute a quarum, and therefore the committee wasn't in session so his statements didn't constiute testimony."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Reinecke's conviction was overturned on December 9, 1975 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the basis there was only one senator present and that didn't constitute a quarum, and therefore the committee wasn't in session so his statements didn't constiute testimony."
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Age When Imprisoned:	50
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"United States v. Reinecke, 524 F. 2d 435 (Ct of Appeals, Dist. of Columbia Cir 1975)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8950781798237963568&q=Edwin+Reinecke+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"
Information Source 2:	"Conviction of Reinecke On Perjury Overturned, AP Story, The New York Times, December 9, 1975, p. 1"
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Howard Edwin Reinecke

Charge:

Perjury

Sentence:

18 month suspended

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1972

Year Convicted:

1974

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

Washington DC

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Reinecke's conviction was overturned on December 9, 1975 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the basis there was only one senator present and that didn't constitute a quarum, and therefore the committee wasn't in session so his statements didn't constiute testimony."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"United States v. Reinecke, 524 F. 2d 435 (Ct of Appeals, Dist. of Columbia Cir 1975)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8950781798237963568&q=Edwin+Reinecke+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

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"Conviction of Reinecke On Perjury Overturned, AP Story, The New York Times, December 9, 1975, p. 1"

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