Kenneth Selby

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Charge:	Criminal Contempt
Sentence:	4 months plus $500 fine
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Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Cumberland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kenneth Selby was wrongly convicted in June 2006 of contempt for failing to appear as a witness at a murder trial in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Selby was sentenced to 120 days in jail and fined $500. On August 22, 2007 Selby's conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial court had not afforded him the presumption of innocence and relieved the prosecution of proving him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 22, 2007 Selby's conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial court had not afforded him the presumption of innocence and relieved the prosecution of proving him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"In re Selby, no. a-6383-05t2 (n.j.super.app.div. 08-22-2007)"
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Information Source 2:	"Court reverses contempt conviction of the man who didn't testify, By John Martins (staff), The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), August 23, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cumberland/v-printer/story/7497706p-7394172c.html
Information Source 3:	"Contempt Conviction Tossed For Witness Who Wasn’t Notified To Testify, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Summer 2007, Issue 37, p. 11"
Information Location 3:	http://www.justicedenied.org/issue/issue_37/contempt_jd37.pdf
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Kenneth Selby

Charge:

Criminal Contempt

Sentence:

4 months plus $500 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Cumberland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 22, 2007 Selby's conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial court had not afforded him the presumption of innocence and relieved the prosecution of proving him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"In re Selby, no. a-6383-05t2 (n.j.super.app.div. 08-22-2007)"

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Information Source 2:

"Court reverses contempt conviction of the man who didn't testify, By John Martins (staff), The Press (Atlantic City, NJ), August 23, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cumberland/v-printer/story/7497706p-7394172c.html

Information Source 3:

"Contempt Conviction Tossed For Witness Who Wasn’t Notified To Testify, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Summer 2007, Issue 37, p. 11"

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http://www.justicedenied.org/issue/issue_37/contempt_jd37.pdf

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