Cynthia Geneva Walker

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Charge:	Criminal Mistreatment
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Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Marion
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Cynthia Geneva Walker and Timothy Lee McCants were co-defendants wrongly convicted of criminal mistreatment of their two children in Marion County, Oregon. After their convictions by a jury McCants and Walker appealed, and the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed their convictions. The Oregon Supreme Court accepted their petition to review the appeals court's ruling. On August 19, 2010 their convictions were reversed and they were acquitted by the Oregon Supreme Court on the basis they did not commit a violation of the criminal mistreatment law. Their acquittal bars a retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous interpretation of Oregon's felony criminal mistreatment law by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	"Convictions overturned on August 19, 2010 by the Oregon Supreme Court on the basis they did not commit a violation of the criminal mistreatment law, and their acquittal bars a retrial."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Baker-Krofft, and McCants and Walker, 239 P. 3d 226, 348 Or. 655 (OR Sup. Ct. 08-19-2010) (Reversing convictions of all three defendants in two separate cases -- State v. Baker-Krofft, S057958 and State v. McCants/Walker, S058148 -- based on insufficient evidence they failed to provide for their children's bodily needs or protect them from an immediate harm.)"
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Cynthia Geneva Walker

Charge:

Criminal Mistreatment

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Marion

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous interpretation of Oregon's felony criminal mistreatment law by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

"Convictions overturned on August 19, 2010 by the Oregon Supreme Court on the basis they did not commit a violation of the criminal mistreatment law, and their acquittal bars a retrial."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5202285168927391131&q=State+v.+Baker-Krofft,+348+Or+655&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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