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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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3 |
Charge: |
Corruption |
Sentence: |
6 years |
Year Convicted: |
2003 |
Year
Cleared:
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2007 |
Location
of Trial:
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Tanzania |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
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"Seven co-defendants were wrongly convicted in 2003 of economic crimes and corrupt transactions, and sentenced to five years imprisonment each. The men were released in 2006 after three years imprisonment. In March 2007 the appeal of the seven co-defendant's was decided by the High Court in Dar es Salaam. The High Court acquitted all seven men, ruling that the trial court had erred by finding that the men were generally guilty, when the prosecution's circumstantial case was insufficient to establish the guilt of the men beyond a reasonable doubt." |
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Innocence
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"In March 2007 the appeal of the seven co-defendant's was decided by the High Court in Dar es Salaam. The High Court acquitted all seven men, ruling that the trial court had erred by finding that the men were generally guilty, when the prosecution's circumstantial case was insufficient to establish the guilt of the men beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Information Source 1: |
"Baghdad and others freed too late by High court, By Keregero Keregero, Guardian (United Republic of Tanzania), March 23, 2007" |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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