Gregory Bashirov

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Israel
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gregory Bashirov was wrongly convicted in October 2003 of a 2002 murder in Israel. Three witnesses who knew Bashirov gave conflicting statements to police that they saw him stab the man, but they also said they saw another man, Fuad Mordov commit the murder. After Bashirov was arrested, Mordov left Israel. Bashirov was prosecuted without Mordov ever being questioned. With Bashirov the only available suspect, he was prosecuted, convicted of the murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He appealed, and in a decision announced June 3, 2006, Israel's Supreme Court overturned Bashirov's conviction, citing their was reasonable doubt of his guilt. The Court stated that the physical evidence pointed to Mordov, and that the witnesses identification of Bashirov was unreliable -- "A lot of pressure was exerted on the witnesses ... pressure on this type of testimony was liable to have led to an undesireable result, even to the point of incriminating someone who did no wrong." (Source - Court Quashes Unsafe Conviction, Haaretz, June 4, 2006.) Bashirov was released after three years of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Police misconduct of suborning perjury by three underage witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"Supreme Court of Israel quashed conviction on June 3, 2006."
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	23
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court Quashes Unsafe Conviction, by Asaf Carmel and Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz, June 4, 2006"
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Gregory Bashirov

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Israel

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct of suborning perjury by three underage witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

"Supreme Court of Israel quashed conviction on June 3, 2006."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

23

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Court Quashes Unsafe Conviction, by Asaf Carmel and Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz, June 4, 2006"

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