Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property) |
Sentence: |
9 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
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Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Kenya |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Fai Amario was wrongly convicted of being in possession of a stolen vehicle and spare parts. Amario, a businessman, was sentenced to nine years in prison. In June 2007 Kenya's High Court quashed Amario's convictions on the basis there was insufficient evidence to support the businessman's convictions." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In June 2007 Kenya's High Court quashed Amario's convictions on the basis there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions. |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Fai Amario's 9-Year jail term quashed, By John Osoro, Kenya Times, June 5, 2007" |
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http://www.timesnews.co.ke/05jun07/nwsstory/news4.html |
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