Claire Thompson

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Charge:	Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm
Sentence:	Suspended sentence
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Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Claire Thompson was wrongly convicted in 2009 of causing grievous bodily harm to a nine-week-old baby. There was testimony that the child's injuries were caused by a person, but only one witness implicated her in causing them. After he conviction by a jury she was given a suspended sentence. She appealed based on the prejudice caused her by the judge allowing the witness to testify who unfairly implicated her. In April 2011 the Court of Appeals quashed her conviction. The three judge panel said her trial had taken a "seriously wrong turn" and declined to order a retrial - saying "enough is enough.""
Conviction Caused By:	The judge unfairly allowed unduly prejudicial testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	In April 2011 the Court of Appeals quashed her conviction.
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Suffolk woman cleared of harming baby after appeal win, BBC News, April 6, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-12992590
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Claire Thompson

Charge:

Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm

Sentence:

Suspended sentence

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The judge unfairly allowed unduly prejudicial testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

In April 2011 the Court of Appeals quashed her conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Suffolk woman cleared of harming baby after appeal win, BBC News, April 6, 2011"

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-12992590

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