Judith Scruggs

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Charge:	Child Endangerment
Sentence:	5 years probation & Community Service
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Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	New Haven
City of Crime:	Meriden
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Judith Scruggs was wrongly convicted on October 6, 2003 of contributing to her 12-year-old son's suicide in 2002, by keeping a messy house, which the prosecution claimed contributed to him being teased by schoolmates about his body odor. In May 2004 Scruggs was sentenced to five years probation and community service. Scruggs conviction reversed by the Connecticut Supreme Court in August 2006 on the grounds that the law she was convicted of violating, risk of injury to a child, was unconstitutionally vague."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed by the Connecticut Supreme Court in August 2006.
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Age When Imprisoned:	52
Age When Released:	55
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Scruggs, No. SC 17587 (Conn. 09-05-2006)"
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Information Source 2:	"Mother's conviction thrown out by court, Nation's Digest section, Seattle Times, August 29-2006"
Information Location 2:	http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003233308_ndig29.html
Information Source 3:	"Court Ends Scruggs' `Hell', by Lynne Tuohy, Hartfod Courant, August 29, 2006"
Information Location 3:	"http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-scruggs0829.artaug29,0,7927690.story?coll=hc-headlines-local"
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Judith Scruggs

Charge:

Child Endangerment

Sentence:

5 years probation & Community Service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

New Haven

City of Crime:

Meriden

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed by the Connecticut Supreme Court in August 2006.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

52

Age When Released:

55

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Scruggs, No. SC 17587 (Conn. 09-05-2006)"

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Information Source 2:

"Mother's conviction thrown out by court, Nation's Digest section, Seattle Times, August 29-2006"

Information Location 2:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003233308_ndig29.html

Information Source 3:

"Court Ends Scruggs' `Hell', by Lynne Tuohy, Hartfod Courant, August 29, 2006"

Information Location 3:

"http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-scruggs0829.artaug29,0,7927690.story?coll=hc-headlines-local"

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