Carmecita Williams

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Charge:	Official Misconduct
Sentence:	24 months probation
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Year Crime:	1998
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Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Glenwood
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Carmecita Williams was wrongly convicted of official misconduct for using information she learned as a police dispatcher for Greenwood, Illinois to alert someone to police activity near his location. Williams testified that she did not disclose any confidential information, but fabricated the information to provoke a response from the father of her 14-year-old son. On November 18, 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned her conviction, ruling that there was no law requiring Williams to keep police information secret. Without a law covering her actions she can't be guilty of official misconduct. The Court ordered her acquittal."
Conviction Caused By:	Judge misinterpreted the law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On November 18, 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned her conviction,"
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Information Source 1:	"State of Illinois v. Carmecita Williams, No. 108947 (IL Sup Ct., 11-18-2010)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.state.il.us/court/opinions/SupremeCourt/2010/November/108947.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Dispatcher tipping off drug dealer - No crime, Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2010"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-drugtip,0,332172.story"
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Carmecita Williams

Charge:

Official Misconduct

Sentence:

24 months probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Glenwood

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Judge misinterpreted the law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 18, 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned her conviction,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

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Information Source 1:

"State of Illinois v. Carmecita Williams, No. 108947 (IL Sup Ct., 11-18-2010)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.state.il.us/court/opinions/SupremeCourt/2010/November/108947.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Dispatcher tipping off drug dealer - No crime, Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2010"

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"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-drugtip,0,332172.story"

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