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Ali Daghir

 

Charge:

Customs Violation

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Ali Daghir was wrongly convicted in June 1991 of customs violation for allegedly trying to send nuclear triggers to Iraq. Daghir was sentenced to five years in prison, and served 15 months before his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeals. "

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

51

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

""A Study of the Role of the Judiciary in Implementing Government Policy in the UK""

Information Location 1:

http://www.vomit.cc/study.htm

Information Source 2:

""Customs faces £1m court claim over 'malicious' arms to Iraq prosecution," Richard Norton-Taylor (staff), The Guardian, May 14, 2001."

Information Location 2:

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4185946,00.html"

Information Source 3:

"Quashed conviction leads to fresh nightmare: Chris Blackhurst reports on a life shattered by the arms-to-Iraq affair, By Chris Blackhurst (Staff writer), Independent (London), April 5, 1996"

Information Location 3:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/quashed-conviction-leads-to-fresh-nightmare-1303447.html

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