Dawn Schoenthal

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Charge:	Criminal Negligence
Sentence:	2-1/2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Saskatchewan
City of Crime:	Regina
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Dawn Schoenthal was wrongly convicted in January 2006 of negligence in the September 2003 death of her 21 month old son in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was convicted after a bench trial on the prosecution's theory her son was the victim of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Her conviction overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal on July 25, 2007 on the basis of insufficient evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in July 2007 on the basis of insufficient evidence.
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Appeal Court overturns Regina woman's conviction in death of son, CBC News, July 30, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/07/30/schoenthal-appeal.html
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Dawn Schoenthal

Charge:

Criminal Negligence

Sentence:

2-1/2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Saskatchewan

City of Crime:

Regina

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in July 2007 on the basis of insufficient evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Appeal Court overturns Regina woman's conviction in death of son, CBC News, July 30, 2007"

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/07/30/schoenthal-appeal.html

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