New Zealand Woman T.

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Charge:	Wilfull Neglect
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Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"T. was wrongly convicted of child neglect for exposing her 3-year-old son to second-hand methamphetamine smoke in their home. T appealed the judge only verdict. On June 7, 2013 New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed T's conviction and sentence, ruling: "Consequently, there was insufficient evidence to support that she had wilfully endangered her son’s welfare. The Court ruled that “Rather, the facts went no further than placing her in the category of a parent who … genuinely failed to appreciate her child’s needs through personal inadequacy or stupidity or both.” The Court did not order a retrial. The mother's identity wasn't revealed in court documents, other than as "T."."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 7, 2013 New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed T's conviction and sentence on the basis she didn't commit a crime."
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"T v R, [2013] NZCA 212 (7 June 2013)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/2013/212.html
Information Source 2:	"P-addict's child neglect conviction overturned, By Michael Forbes, Stuff.co.nz, June 7, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8770130/P-addicts-child-neglect-conviction-overturned
Information Source 3:	"Mother's neglect conviction over P quashed, NZCity News, June 7, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=168199&cat=980&fm=newsmain%2Cnarts
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New Zealand Woman T.

Charge:

Wilfull Neglect

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 7, 2013 New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed T's conviction and sentence on the basis she didn't commit a crime."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

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Information Source 1:

"T v R, [2013] NZCA 212 (7 June 2013)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/2013/212.html

Information Source 2:

"P-addict's child neglect conviction overturned, By Michael Forbes, Stuff.co.nz, June 7, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8770130/P-addicts-child-neglect-conviction-overturned

Information Source 3:

"Mother's neglect conviction over P quashed, NZCity News, June 7, 2013"

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http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=168199&cat=980&fm=newsmain%2Cnarts

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