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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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6 |
Charge: |
Sodomy |
Sentence: |
9 years |
Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year
Cleared:
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2004 |
Location
of Trial:
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Malaysia |
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 sodomy in 1998. Released after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction on September 2, 2004, based on irreconcilable contradictions in the prosecution's case." |
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Innocence
Proved By:
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Released in 2004 after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.
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Information Source 1: |
"Profile -- Anwar Ibrahim, BBC News, July 16, 2008" |
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