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Jameel Akhtar

 

Charge:

Drug related conspiracy

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Years Imprisoned:

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Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Jameel Akhtar was wrongly convicted of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion or attempted evasion of the prohibition on importation of a class a drug. In 2001 Akhtar submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Akhtar's case was referred by the CCRC on 6/01/2004 to the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). On 7/4/2005 the appeals court quashed Jameel Akhtar's convictions.

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Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed by England & Wales Court of Appeal on 7/4/2005.

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

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Sex:

Male

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"Jameel Akhtar, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

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