Daughter of Laura Rogers

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Charge:	False Police Report
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2004
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Maryland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted as a 16-year-old juvenile of filing a false police report after accusing her step-father of raping her. The man denied the charge. The girl told her mother that her step-father had made a video of the rapes, and after finding and viewing the tape, the mother, Laura Rogers, shot her husband to death that night while he was sleeping. After seeing the evidence, prosecutors agreed to vacating the girl's wrongful conviction. Laura Rogers pled guilty to manslaughter and served six months in jail."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the prosecution's chief witness.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction vacated after video tape was discovered proving she had been raped.
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Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	17
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Behind the Smoking Gun: Tormented Wife Walks Free, Eric Rich, Seattle Times, p. A3, November 13, 2004."
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Daughter of Laura Rogers

Charge:

False Police Report

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maryland

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the prosecution's chief witness.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction vacated after video tape was discovered proving she had been raped.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

17

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Behind the Smoking Gun: Tormented Wife Walks Free, Eric Rich, Seattle Times, p. A3, November 13, 2004."

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