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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Hate Crime - speech only |
Sentence: |
Fined $1,000 |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year
Cleared:
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2009 |
Location
of Trial:
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Canada |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
of Case:
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Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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Convicted overturned on appeal and acquitted after a retrial.
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Compensation Awarded: |
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Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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Age
When Released:
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75 |
Information Source 1: |
Aboriginal leader acquitted of Jew hatred, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 23, 2009 |
Information
Location 1:
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http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/23/1003208/aboriginal-leader-acquited-of-jew-hatred |
Information
Source 2:
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Canada native leader cleared in second hate trial, Reuters, February 23, 2009 |
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Location 2:
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http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE51M5NZ20090223 |
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Location 5:
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Native |
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