Gregory Schneider

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sexual Assault
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Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Israel
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City of Crime:	Tel Aviv
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gregory Schneider was wrongly convicted in 2000 in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court of sexual assaulting a 14-year-old boy in 1991. Schneider was accused by the same 14-year-old boy who falsely accused Arnoldo Lazarovsky of sexually assaulting him in 1991. Schneider appealed to the Tel Aviv District Court and his conviction was quashed, based on the judge's finding that the boy's testimony was unreliable."
Conviction Caused By:	Either erroneous identification or perjury by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Schneider appealled and his conviction was quashed by the Israeli Supreme Court that found the alleged victim's testimony was unreliable.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court overturns sex crime conviction, after sentence served, By Dan Izenberg (staff), The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=196859
Information Source 2:	"Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Man Convicted of Abusing 11-year-old, Jonathan Lis, Israli News, Haaretz.com, December 28, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/663509.html
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Gregory Schneider

Charge:

Child/Minor Sexual Assault

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Israel

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Tel Aviv

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Either erroneous identification or perjury by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Schneider appealled and his conviction was quashed by the Israeli Supreme Court that found the alleged victim's testimony was unreliable.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court overturns sex crime conviction, after sentence served, By Dan Izenberg (staff), The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=196859

Information Source 2:

"Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Man Convicted of Abusing 11-year-old, Jonathan Lis, Israli News, Haaretz.com, December 28, 2005"

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/663509.html

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