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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Prostitution Solicitation of minor |
Sentence: |
7 years |
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Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Italy |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was wrongly convicted in June 2013 in Milan, Italy of soliciting a minor for sexual relations and pressuring police officials to release the young woman after she was arrested for an alleged theft. Berlusconi, 76 at the time, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and banned for life from holding public office. On July 18, 2014 Berlusconi was acquitted by the appeals court in Milan." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On July 18, 2014 Berlusconi was acquitted by the appeals court in Milan." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Seven-year Berlusconi conviction quashed, Agor@ magazine, July 18, 2014" |
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http://www.agoramagazine.it/en/politics/seven-year-berlusconi-conviction-quashed.html |
Information Source 2: |
"Silvio Berlusconi sex conviction overturned, By Staff writers, BBC News, July 18, 2014" |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28369408 |
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"Italian ex-PM Berlusconi sentenced in Ruby sex case, By Staff writers, BBC News, June 24, 2013" |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-23034167 |
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