Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Corruption (including Public Corruption) |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
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Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ghana |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
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"Wrongly convicted on April 21, 2005, of accepting a bribe to influence a public officer. The trial lasted three years. On May 18, 2006, the Court of Appeal acquitted Ralph Casely-Hayford and ordered his release from one year of imprisonment." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Acquitted by the Court of Appeal and discharged. |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Casely-Hayford Now A Free Man, by Stephen Sah, Daily Graphic, June 2, 2006" |
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http://www.graphicghana.info/article.asp?artid=12415 |
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