Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Sodomy (also Buggery) |
Sentence: |
9 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
6 |
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Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year Cleared: |
2004 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Malaysia |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"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: |
Released in 2004 after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction. |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Profile -- Anwar Ibrahim, BBC News, July 16, 2008" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3618586.stm |
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