Antonette Choto

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Charge:	Conspiracy to commit public violence
Sentence:	24 months with 12 months suspended for 5 yrs for good behavior & 12 months suspended for 5 yrs on condition of performing 420 hrs of community serv & $500 fine or 10 months in prison
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2018
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zimbabwe
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City of Crime:	Harare
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Munyaradzi Gwisai, Antonette Choto, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Edson Chakuma, Hopewell Gumbo and Welcome Zimuto were codefendants wrongly convicted on March 19, 2012 of conspriacy to commit public violence in Zimbabwe. Munyaradzi Gwisai was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. Their prosecution was based on the allegation they wre trying to instigate an uprising in Zimbabwe by showing Zimbabweans a video of the Arab spring uprising in Egypt and discussing the uprisings. The media dubbed them the "Zim 6." After their conviction by Harare magistrate Kudakwashe Jarabini following a bench trial, each of the six were sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or spend 10 months in prison, and they were also sentenced to 24 months in prison with 12 months suspended for 5 years on condition of good behavior, and the other 12 months suspended for 5 years upon the condition that each would perform 420 hours of community service. The six appealed. On June 11, 2018 the High Court of Zimbabwe set-aside their convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 11, 2018 the High Court of Zimbabwe set-aside their convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"High Court overturns conviction and sentence of activists arrested for plotting to topple Mugabe, By Byo24News Reporter, bulawayo24.com, June 11, 2018"
Information Location 1:	https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-137877.html
Information Source 2:	"Zimbabwe activists get community service for viewing Arab Spring videos, By Erin Conway-Smith, GlobalPost, March 21, 2012"
Information Location 2:	https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-03-21/zimbabwe-activists-get-community-service-viewing-arab-spring-videos
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Antonette Choto

Charge:

Conspiracy to commit public violence

Sentence:

24 months with 12 months suspended for 5 yrs for good behavior & 12 months suspended for 5 yrs on condition of performing 420 hrs of community serv & $500 fine or 10 months in prison

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2018

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zimbabwe

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Harare

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 11, 2018 the High Court of Zimbabwe set-aside their convictions on the basis of insufficient evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"High Court overturns conviction and sentence of activists arrested for plotting to topple Mugabe, By Byo24News Reporter, bulawayo24.com, June 11, 2018"

Information Location 1:

https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-137877.html

Information Source 2:

"Zimbabwe activists get community service for viewing Arab Spring videos, By Erin Conway-Smith, GlobalPost, March 21, 2012"

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https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-03-21/zimbabwe-activists-get-community-service-viewing-arab-spring-videos

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