Thomas G. Smith

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Charge:	Disorderly Conduct
Sentence:	1 year probation and 25 hours community service
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Wisconsin
County or Region of Crime:	Iowa
City of Crime:	Arena
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Thomas G. Smith was wrongly convicted in 2013 of disorderly conduct and unlawful use of a computerized communication system in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Smith's prosecution was for two comments he made on July 21, 2012 on the Arena Police Department's Facebook page that were critical of the police department. The trial judge denied Smith's pre-trial motion to dismiss because his comments were protected by the First Amendment. After his conviction by a jury Smith was sentenced to one year probation and 25 hours community service. Smith appealed. On July 3, 2014 the Wisconsin Court of Appeal reversed Smith's convictions on the basis the trial judge erred in denying his motion to dismiss, because his Facebook comments were an exercise of free speech protected by the First Amendment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 3, 2014 the Wisconsin Court of Appeal reversed Smith's convictions on the basis his Facebook comments were an exercise of free speech protected by the First Amendment."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State of Wisconsin v. Thomas G. Smith, No. 2013AP2516-CR (Wisonsin Ct. of Appeals, 7-3-2014) (Reversing conviction)"
Information Location 1:	https://www.scribd.com/doc/283104688/Wisconsin-Court-of-Appeals-Wisconsin-vs-Smith-Ruling
Information Source 2:	"When Insulting the Police is a "Crime", Pro Libertate, September 29, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://freedominourtime.blogspot.ca/2015/09/when-insulting-police-is-crime.html
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Thomas G. Smith

Charge:

Disorderly Conduct

Sentence:

1 year probation and 25 hours community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin

County or Region of Crime:

Iowa

City of Crime:

Arena

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 3, 2014 the Wisconsin Court of Appeal reversed Smith's convictions on the basis his Facebook comments were an exercise of free speech protected by the First Amendment."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State of Wisconsin v. Thomas G. Smith, No. 2013AP2516-CR (Wisonsin Ct. of Appeals, 7-3-2014) (Reversing conviction)"

Information Location 1:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/283104688/Wisconsin-Court-of-Appeals-Wisconsin-vs-Smith-Ruling

Information Source 2:

"When Insulting the Police is a "Crime", Pro Libertate, September 29, 2015"

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http://freedominourtime.blogspot.ca/2015/09/when-insulting-police-is-crime.html

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