William James Santos

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Charge:	Sex Registry (failure to register as sex offender)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Hall
City of Crime:	Gainesville
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"William James Santos was wrongly convicted of failing to register his address in 2006 as sex offender when he was homeless and had no address in Gainesville, Georgia. Santos was kicked out of a homeless shelter in July 2006 and arrested in October 2006 because he failed to register his "new" address as a homeless person. William Santos was sentenced to life in prison. Santos' conviction overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court on October 27, 2008, on the basis that it is unconstitutional to charge a convicted sex offender that is homeless with failing to register their address."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court on October 27, 2008, on the basis that it is unconstitutional to charge a convicted sex offender that is homeless with failing to register their address."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Santos v. State, S08A1296 (Ga. 10/27/2008) (Ga., 2008)"
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Information Source 2:	"Overturned convictions could benefit offender, Augusta Chronicle, December 14, 2008"
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Information Source 3:	"Court: Ga. sex offender law unfair to homeless, By Staff, USA Today, October 27, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-27-georgia-sexoffender_N.htm
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William James Santos

Charge:

Sex Registry (failure to register as sex offender)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Hall

City of Crime:

Gainesville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court on October 27, 2008, on the basis that it is unconstitutional to charge a convicted sex offender that is homeless with failing to register their address."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Santos v. State, S08A1296 (Ga. 10/27/2008) (Ga., 2008)"

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"Overturned convictions could benefit offender, Augusta Chronicle, December 14, 2008"

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"Court: Ga. sex offender law unfair to homeless, By Staff, USA Today, October 27, 2008"

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http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-27-georgia-sexoffender_N.htm

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