Lucius Banda

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Charge:	"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"
Sentence:	21 months hard labor
Years Imprisoned:	0.167
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malawi
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Lucius Banda was wrongly convicted in September 2006 of of uttering a false document, and also of giving false information to a person employed in the public service. The false document was an allegedly forged Malawi School Certificate of Education that he used as evidence that he could read and write English. Lucius Banda was sentenced to 21 months hard labor in prison on the first count, and six months consecutively for the second count. In November 2006 the High Court in Blantyre quashed Banda's conviction and sentence on the basis of insufficient evidence and ordered his immediate release."
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Innocence Proved By:	In November 2006 the High Court in Blantyre quashed Banda's conviction and sentence on the basis of insufficient evidence and ordered his immediate release.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Lucius free, The Malawi Nation, November 8, 2006"
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Information Source 2:	"Judgment on Lucius’ appeal Friday, The Daily Times - Malawi’s Premier Daily, November 3, 2006"
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Lucius Banda

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

21 months hard labor

Years Imprisoned:

0.167

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malawi

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In November 2006 the High Court in Blantyre quashed Banda's conviction and sentence on the basis of insufficient evidence and ordered his immediate release.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Lucius free, The Malawi Nation, November 8, 2006"

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"Judgment on Lucius’ appeal Friday, The Daily Times - Malawi’s Premier Daily, November 3, 2006"

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