Benjamin K. Sangraal

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Charge:	"Child Pornography (Possession, Manufacture, or Dissemination)"
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Henry
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Benjamin K. Sangraal was wrongly convicted of attempted child pornography and child pornography in 2012.
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 2, 2015 the Illinois Court of Appeals, 3rd Division, reversed Sangraal's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove every essential element that he committed his convicted crimes."
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People of the State of Illinois v. Benjamin K. Sangraal, 2015 IL App (3d) 130177-U (Ill. Ct. of Appeals, 3rd Dist., 7-2-2015) (Conviction reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove Sangraal committed his convicted crimes.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2015/3rdDistrict/3130177_R23.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Appellate court overturns school photographer's porn conviction, By Lisa Hammer, Dispatch-Argus, November 17, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.qconline.com/news/crime/appellate-court-overturns-school-photographer-s-porn-conviction/article_981b290d-8c62-5047-9c60-f59ec8e08d34.html
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Benjamin K. Sangraal

Charge:

"Child Pornography (Possession, Manufacture, or Dissemination)"

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Henry

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Benjamin K. Sangraal was wrongly convicted of attempted child pornography and child pornography in 2012.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 2, 2015 the Illinois Court of Appeals, 3rd Division, reversed Sangraal's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove every essential element that he committed his convicted crimes."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"People of the State of Illinois v. Benjamin K. Sangraal, 2015 IL App (3d) 130177-U (Ill. Ct. of Appeals, 3rd Dist., 7-2-2015) (Conviction reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove Sangraal committed his convicted crimes.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/R23_Orders/AppellateCourt/2015/3rdDistrict/3130177_R23.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Appellate court overturns school photographer's porn conviction, By Lisa Hammer, Dispatch-Argus, November 17, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.qconline.com/news/crime/appellate-court-overturns-school-photographer-s-porn-conviction/article_981b290d-8c62-5047-9c60-f59ec8e08d34.html

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