Jonathan Stockhammer

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Charge:	Rape and Intent to Commit Assault
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1991
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Middlesex
City of Crime:	Waltham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jonathan Stockhammer wrongly convicted of rape and intent to commit assault. The only evidence was the alleged victim's testimony. After Stockhammer's conviction he was sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but 95 days suspended pending good behavior. On May 1, 1991 the Supreme Judicial Court overturned his conviction based on evidentiary errors by the trial judge that deprived him of his right to due process and a fair trial. Faced with having the alleged victim's psychiatric history exposed in court, the prosecution dismissed the charges without a retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Evidentiary errors by the trial judge that deprived him of his right to due process and a fair trial.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 1, 1991 the Supreme Judicial Court overturned his conviction, and the prosecution dismissed the charges without a retrial."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorney Nancy Gertner
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Commonwealth v. Stockhammer, 409 Mass. 867 (1991)"
Information Location 1:	http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/409/409mass867.html
Information Source 2:	"In Defense of Women - Memoirs Of An Unrepentant Advocate, by nancy Gertner, Beacon Press, Boston, 2011, pp. 156-175"
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Jonathan Stockhammer

Charge:

Rape and Intent to Commit Assault

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1991

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Middlesex

City of Crime:

Waltham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Evidentiary errors by the trial judge that deprived him of his right to due process and a fair trial.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 1, 1991 the Supreme Judicial Court overturned his conviction, and the prosecution dismissed the charges without a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Attorney Nancy Gertner

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Commonwealth v. Stockhammer, 409 Mass. 867 (1991)"

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http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/409/409mass867.html

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"In Defense of Women - Memoirs Of An Unrepentant Advocate, by nancy Gertner, Beacon Press, Boston, 2011, pp. 156-175"

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