Ali Daghir

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Charge:	Customs Violation
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Years Imprisoned:	1.25
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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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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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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. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

51

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

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"

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

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