Thor Batista

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	"2 yeas community service, driver’s license suspended for two years, and payment of $470,000 fine"
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Brazil
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Rio de Janeiro
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Thor Batista was wrongly convicted in June 2013 of vehicular homicide in the death of a cyclist he hit with his car in Rio de Janeiro.in 2012. Batista's conviction was based on an expert report that at the time of the car crash in 2012 he had been driving above the speed limit, although the police investigation found he had not been speeding. Batista was sentenced to pay $350,000 restitution to the family of the deceased man. After Batista's conviction a second expert examination of the crash scene evidence concluded he was driving within the limit. Batista appealed his conviction based on that new evidence. On February 19, 2015 Thor Batista's conviction was overturned by Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Justice in a 2-1 majority ruling. Batista is the son of former Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 19, 2015 Thor Batista's conviction was overturned by Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Justice."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Good News For Former Billionaire Eike Batista: His Convicted Son Was Cleared By Brazil's Justice, By Anderson Antunes, Forbes, February 20, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2015/02/20/good-news-for-former-billionaire-eike-batista-his-convicted-son-was-cleared-by-brazils-justice/
Information Source 2:	"Billionaire Eike Batista's Son Will Appeal Manslaughter Charge In Death Of Cyclist, By Caleb Melby, Forbes, June 6, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2013/06/06/billionaire-eike-batistas-son-will-appeal-manslaughter-charge-in-death-of-cyclist/
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Thor Batista

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

"2 yeas community service, driver’s license suspended for two years, and payment of $470,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Brazil

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Rio de Janeiro

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 19, 2015 Thor Batista's conviction was overturned by Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Justice."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Good News For Former Billionaire Eike Batista: His Convicted Son Was Cleared By Brazil's Justice, By Anderson Antunes, Forbes, February 20, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2015/02/20/good-news-for-former-billionaire-eike-batista-his-convicted-son-was-cleared-by-brazils-justice/

Information Source 2:

"Billionaire Eike Batista's Son Will Appeal Manslaughter Charge In Death Of Cyclist, By Caleb Melby, Forbes, June 6, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2013/06/06/billionaire-eike-batistas-son-will-appeal-manslaughter-charge-in-death-of-cyclist/

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