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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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0 |
Charge: |
Assault |
Sentence: |
Probation |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
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Location
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Washington |
Result:
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Not Judicially Exonerated |
Summary
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One of the Wenatchee 43. Sharon Filbeck has a low IQ and she falsely confessed and pled guilty to lower charges to avoid being charged with more serious child abuse charges. After pleding guilty recants her confession as coerced under intense police pressure. |
Conviction
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Falsely confessed to child abuse, and then falsely pled guilty to second-degree assault to avoid having more serious false charges filed against him. Erroneous child abuse accusations by the children involved under the influence of a Wenatchee detective. |
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Wenatchee C.C.L.A. Current Status Report: Arrests, Convictions, Dismissals, Acquittals, December 1995. |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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“Witch Hunt: a true story of social hysteria and abused justice,” Kathryn Lyon, Avon Books, NY, 1998. |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org