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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Receiving Stolen Property |
Sentence: |
9 years |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year
Cleared:
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2007 |
Location
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Kenya |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
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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. |
Conviction
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Innocence
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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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Information Source 1: |
Fai Amario's 9-Year jail term quashed, By John Osoro, Kenya Times, June 5, 2007 |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Black |
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