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If you were charged with and convicted for a federal crime such as transporting drugs across state lines, but knew you were innocent, what would be steps available to you to clear your name?1. appeal to the Supreme Court if the circuit court upholds your conviction try to get the case thrown out for insufficient evidence 2. appeal to the federal circuit court to clear your name 3. appeal directly to the Supreme Court know that you are guaranteed a hearing by the highest law in the land

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Appeal to the Supreme Court if the circuit court upholds your conviction and appeal to the federal circuit court to clear your name.

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1). Appeal to the Supreme Court if the circuit court upholds your conviction.

2). Appeal to the federal circuit court to clear your name.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the question, the steps that would be involved in clearing one's name from the conviction of a federal crime if you are innocent as mentioned above. First of all, an 'appeal to the federal circuit court to clear your name' and if the federal circuit court upholds the conviction, then a further appeal could be made to supreme court for final clarification. Thus, options 1 and 2 are the correct steps that are required to be followed in order to clear one's name from the conviction of a federal crime, if your are innocent.

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