Benazir Bhutto

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
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Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Benazir Bhutto was co-defendant of her husband Asif Ali Zardari. She was wrongly convicted of corruption as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1993-1996. The Supreme Court "found that “bias is floating on the surface of the record” and accused trial Judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum of accepting favours from the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to produce the guilty verdict." ('Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001)."
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Innocence Proved By:	Pakastan's Supreme Court reversed conviction.
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Information Source 1:	"Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010424/world.htm
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Benazir Bhutto

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Pakastan's Supreme Court reversed conviction.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001"

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010424/world.htm

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