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Walter Wolf Stern III

 

Charge:

Money Laundering

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Wisconsin - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Kenosha

City of Crime:

Kenosha

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Walter Wolf Stern III was a lawyer wrongly convicted in June 2012 in federal court of money laundering related to a bankruptcy case in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Stern's conviction on July 30, 2013 based on the trial judge's prejudicial error of preventing Stern from testifying about his alleged criminal conduct. The Court ordered a retrial. Stern was released from federal prison on July 31, 2014, after serving about six months of his sentence. Before Stern's retrial scheduled for April 21, 2014 began, the U.S. Attorney's Office motion to dismiss the charges was granted. In February 2015 Walter Stern petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reinstate his law license, and his petition was granted in February 2016."

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge's prejudicial error of preventing Stern from testifying about his alleged criminal conduct.

Innocence Proved By:

"The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Stern's conviction on July 30, 2013 based on the trial judge's prejudicial error of preventing Stern from testifying about his alleged criminal conduct. The Court ordered a retrial. Stern was released from federal prison on July 31, 2014, after serving about six months of his sentence. Before Stern's retrial scheduled for April 21, 2014 began, the U.S. Attorney's Office motion to dismiss the charges was granted. "

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

66

Age When Released:

67

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"USA v. Walter Stern III, Nos. 12-3299 and 12-3663 (7th Cir. 7-30-2013)"

Information Location 1:

http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2013/D07-30/C:12-3299:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:1176858:S:0

Information Source 2:

"Wisconsin attorney reinstated after overturned conviction, By Associated Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), February 4, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://www.startribune.com/wisconsin-attorney-reinstated-after-overturned-conviction/367675491/

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