Michelle Wesson

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Charge:	Child Neglect (Felony)
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Okaloosa
City of Crime:	Holt
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Michelle Wesson was wrongly convicted in 2003 of the 2001 death of her 14 year-old son. The boy died from septicemia, a blood disease caused by repeated exposure to harmful bacteria, and prosecutors claimed it was caused by unsanitary living conditions. However the appeals court reversed her conviction in March 2005 after noting that although one of the state's experts agreed that the death could have been caused by unsanitary living conditions, another agreed with the defense that the disease was caused by eating contaminated raw oysters. The Court also noted that the disease could have been caused by drinking from a contaminated drinking fountain at school or by a number of other causes."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert testimony
Innocence Proved By:	Florida Court of Appeals reversed conviction in March 2005.
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Conviction in death voided, AP, St Petersburg Times, April 1, 2005"
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Michelle Wesson

Charge:

Child Neglect (Felony)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Okaloosa

City of Crime:

Holt

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert testimony

Innocence Proved By:

Florida Court of Appeals reversed conviction in March 2005.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Female

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"Conviction in death voided, AP, St Petersburg Times, April 1, 2005"

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