Nguyen Dinh Chien

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Charge:	"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"
Sentence:	18 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
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Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vietnam
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of fraud in 1998 for allegedly cheating his business partners out of US$2.5 million. He was sentenced by the Can Tho city court to 18 years in prison. Chien's conviction was reversed in 1999 by a Ho Chi Minh City court that declared him innocent and he was released after 18 months imprisonment. But the prosecuting agencies called for a retrial. The Can Tho trial court found the evidence against Chien flimsy and dismissed the charges. The Can Tho’s prosecutor office refused to give in and appealed again. In July 2006 the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme Court declared the trial court’s verdict valid, ending eight years of litigation. In August 2006, a month after his exoneration, Nguyen Dinh Chien filed a claim for vVND452 billion (US28.25 million) for the mental agony he suffered and material losses like income and interest loss, and business projects gone awry as a result of his detention."
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Innocence Proved By:	"After first having his conviction overturned on appeal in 1999, Chien's exoneration was made final by the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme Court in July 2006."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"Vietnam businessman demands $28.25 mln for wrongful conviction - vietnam latest news, Thanh Nien Daily, August 8, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=18594
Information Source 2:	"Briefly Today - Nguyen dinh chien issued a claim for damages of over vnd452 billion, The Saigon Times, August 9, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=2750&Ten=briefly%20today
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Nguyen Dinh Chien

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

18 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vietnam

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"After first having his conviction overturned on appeal in 1999, Chien's exoneration was made final by the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme Court in July 2006."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"Vietnam businessman demands $28.25 mln for wrongful conviction - vietnam latest news, Thanh Nien Daily, August 8, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=18594

Information Source 2:

"Briefly Today - Nguyen dinh chien issued a claim for damages of over vnd452 billion, The Saigon Times, August 9, 2006"

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http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=2750&Ten=briefly%20today

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