Brad Turner

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Montclair
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Brad Turner was wrongly convicted in May 1997 of assaulting a 10-year-old student in his classroom in Montclair, New Jersey who had thrown a bag of grapes at a trash can and missed. Turner's conviction was based on the testimony of the student. Prior to his sentencing Turner filed a motion for a new trial, which was granted in November 1997 by his trial judge who ruled the prosecution failed to introduce evidence Turner "purposefully, knowingly or recklessly" injured the student."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Prior to his sentencing Turner filed a motion for a new trial, which was granted in November 1997 by his trial judge who ruled the prosecution failed to introduce evidence Turner "purposefully, knowingly or recklessly" injured the student."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Conviction Is Overturned For Montclair Teacher, Staff writers, The New York Times, November 15, 1997, P. B2"
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Brad Turner

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Montclair

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Prior to his sentencing Turner filed a motion for a new trial, which was granted in November 1997 by his trial judge who ruled the prosecution failed to introduce evidence Turner "purposefully, knowingly or recklessly" injured the student."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Conviction Is Overturned For Montclair Teacher, Staff writers, The New York Times, November 15, 1997, P. B2"

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