Keith Richards

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	1 year
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Year Convicted:	1967
Year Cleared:	1967
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Keith Richards was wrongly convicted in June 1967 of allowing drug use in his home after the police were called during a February 1967 party. After Richards was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison. Related to the same party, fellow Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger was convicted of possessing amphetamine tablets without a prescription and sentenced to four months in prison. Jagger was convicted even though there was credible evidence that the tablets allegedly found in his possession had been prescribed to him. The Times (of London) published an Editorial on July 1, 1967, written by editor William Rees-Mogg under the title, "Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel." The public outrage over the conviction and sentences of the two is believed to have contributed to the quashing of Richards' conviction. Richards was jailed for a total of three days. it was learned that the raid was the result of a tip to the London Drug Squad by reporters for the News Of The World, which was running a series of stories about the alleged use of illegal drugs by British rock stars. (News of the World was owned by Rupert Murdoch)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Keith Richards, Wikipedia.com"
Information Location 1:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards#Public_image_and_private_life
Information Source 2:	"Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?, Wikipedia.com"
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Keith Richards

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1967

Year Cleared:

1967

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Keith Richards, Wikipedia.com"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards#Public_image_and_private_life

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"Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?, Wikipedia.com"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_breaks_a_butterfly_on_a_wheel%3F

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