Martin Sharp

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Charge:	Obsenity Related Charge
Sentence:	3 to 6 months
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1964
Year Convicted:	1964
Year Cleared:	1965
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	New South Wales
City of Crime:	Sydney
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Richard Neville, Richard Walsh, Martin Sharp were codefendants wrongly convicted in Sydney, Australia in 1964 of obscenity charges related to OZ magazine issue 6 that showed Neville and other males appearing to urinate in public. Magistrate Gerald Locke found the three guilty after a bench trial, ruling that the issue would deprave young people and unhealthy adults who were "misguided" enough to read it, They were sentenced to 3 to 6 months in prison. In 1965 their convictions were overturned on appeal, with Judge Aaron Levine ruling that while OZ might be offensive, it had no tendency to corrupt or deprave. Richard Neville was later convicted of obscenity charges in 1971 in England related to OZ magazine, which were also overturned on appeal. Neville is the only known person to be wrongly convicted and exonerated on two continents."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In 1965 their convictions were overturned on appeal, with Judge Aaron Levine ruling that while OZ might be offensive, it had no tendency to corrupt or deprave."
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"OZ (magazine), Wikipedia.org (last visited 7-10-2014)"
Information Location 1:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_%28magazine%29
Information Source 2:	"The sum of OZ magazine, By Helen Trinca (Managing Editor), The Australian, March 23, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/the-sum-of-oz-magazine/story-fn9n8gph-1226601727804?nk=639e760b9a4138762fef4def15b06e68
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Martin Sharp

Charge:

Obsenity Related Charge

Sentence:

3 to 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1964

Year Convicted:

1964

Year Cleared:

1965

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Sydney

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In 1965 their convictions were overturned on appeal, with Judge Aaron Levine ruling that while OZ might be offensive, it had no tendency to corrupt or deprave."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"OZ (magazine), Wikipedia.org (last visited 7-10-2014)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_%28magazine%29

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"The sum of OZ magazine, By Helen Trinca (Managing Editor), The Australian, March 23, 2013"

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/the-sum-of-oz-magazine/story-fn9n8gph-1226601727804?nk=639e760b9a4138762fef4def15b06e68

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