Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Terrorism (associating with, belonging to, or collaborating with a terrorist group)" |
Sentence: |
12 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
3 |
Year Crime: |
2004 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2008 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Spain |
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City of Crime: |
Madrid |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"One of four co-defendants wrongly convicted in October 2007 of charges related to the March 2004 Madrid train bombings. Mohamed Almallah Dabas was convicted of belonging to a terrorist group and sentenced to 12 years in prison. On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence." |
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Information Source 1: |
"Four cleared over madrid terror blasts, The Times (London), July 18, 2008" |
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4353707.ece |
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"4 cleared in Madrid train bombing, By Dale Fuchs (staff writer), New York Times, July 18, 2008" |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/europe/18spain.html?ref=europe |
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