David Twitchell

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Charge:	Involuntary Manslaughter
Sentence:	10 years probation
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1993
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"David Twitchell and Ginger Twitchell were wrongly convicted of manslaughter in the death of their two and one-half year old son Robyn on April 8, 1986 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The Twitchell's were sentenced to 10 years probation. On August 11, 1993 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed the Twitchell's convictions on the basis the jury wasn't presented with the affirmative defense that the parents could have reasonably believed that they were justified in relying on spiritual treatment for their child instead of medical treatment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 11, 1993 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed the Twitchell's convictions on the basis the jury wasn't presented with the affirmative defense that the parents could have reasonably believed that they were justified in relying on spiritual treatment for their child instead of medical treatment."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Commonwealth v. Twitchell, 416 Mass. 114 (1993)"
Information Location 1:	http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/416/416mass114.html
Information Source 2:	"Convicted Of Relying on Prayer, TIME, 16 July 1990"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970633-1,00.html"
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David Twitchell

Charge:

Involuntary Manslaughter

Sentence:

10 years probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1993

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Commonwealth v. Twitchell, 416 Mass. 114 (1993)"

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http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/416/416mass114.html

Information Source 2:

"Convicted Of Relying on Prayer, TIME, 16 July 1990"

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"http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970633-1,00.html"

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