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Cees B

Years Imprisoned:	4
Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	18 yrs
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2005
Location of Trial:	Netherlands
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2001 of raping and murdering, Nienke Kleiss, an 11-year-old girl in June 2000. Cees B. was arrested for the crime because he was seen near the scene of the crime and he fit the profile of being a paedophile, He confessed to the murder and then retracted the confession, claiming he had been pressured into falsely confessing. In the summer of 2004 another man, Wik H. was arrested for an attempted sexual assault and he admitted to the murder of Nienke. DNA left by the attacker was tested and it matched Wik H.'s DNA. Cees B. was exonerated and released in January 2005, after four years of wrongful imprisonment. He filed a claim for compensation, and was awarded $706,000 in January 2006."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted under police pressure.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrator arrested.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$706,000"
Was Perpetrator Found?	Yes
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Information Source 1:	"Appeal court cuts sentence on Nienke's Killer, Expatica, The Netherlands, November 22, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=25566&name=Appeal+court+cuts+sentence+on+Nienke's+killer+
Information Source 2:	"Mugging the Messenger, Expatica, The Netherlands, November 24, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=23534&name=Mugging+the+messenger
Information Source 3:	"Leaked Memo Not a Confession, Expatica, The Netherlands, September 8, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=23487
Information Source 4:	"Dutch pay for wrongful conviction, Science Daily, January 29, 2006"
Information Location 4:	http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051129-00073700-bc-netherlands-innocent.xml
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Cees B

Years Imprisoned:

4

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

18 yrs

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2005

Location of Trial:

Netherlands

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted under police pressure.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrator arrested.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$706,000"

Was Perpetrator Found?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Information Source 1:

"Appeal court cuts sentence on Nienke's Killer, Expatica, The Netherlands, November 22, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=25566&name=Appeal+court+cuts+sentence+on+Nienke's+killer+

Information Source 2:

"Mugging the Messenger, Expatica, The Netherlands, November 24, 2005"

Information Location 2:

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=23534&name=Mugging+the+messenger

Information Source 3:

"Leaked Memo Not a Confession, Expatica, The Netherlands, September 8, 2005"

Information Location 3:

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=23487

Information Source 4:

"Dutch pay for wrongful conviction, Science Daily, January 29, 2006"

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051129-00073700-bc-netherlands-innocent.xml

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