Cees B.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	18 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Netherlands
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City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Cees B. was 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 the equivalent of US$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:	"The Netherlands (Jan. 2006) (Equiv. of US$706,000)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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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.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

18 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Netherlands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

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:

"The Netherlands (Jan. 2006) (Equiv. of US$706,000)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

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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