Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Paedophilia |
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Years Imprisoned: |
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Year Crime: |
2000 |
Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year Cleared: |
2005 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
France |
County or Region of Crime: |
Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
City of Crime: |
Outreau |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"One of six defendants wrongly convicted in July 2004 of paedophilia in Outreau, France. The six were among 17 adults prosecuted in what became known as L'affaire d'Outreau, so named after the small northern French town of Outreau in which 18 children were supposed raped and otherwise systematically abused from 1995 to 2000. Four defendants admitted thier guilt, but 13 insisted on their innocence One of the 13 committed suicide prior to trial and six of the defendants were acquitted in June 2004 after a two month trial. The other six defendants who plead not guilty had their convictions overturned by the appeals court in December 2005. The six defendants exonerated on appeal were Alain Marecaux, Thierry Dausque, Franck and Sandrine Lavier, Daniel Legrand and Dominique Wiel." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Perjurious testimony by one of the defendant's who admitted to the paedophilia. |
Innocence Proved By: |
The appeals court overturned the convictions of six people in December 2005. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
32 |
Age When Released: |
33 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Six cleared over french child sex, BBC News, December 1, 2005" |
Information Location 1: |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4490088.stm |
Information Source 2: |
"French paedophile ring case turns into judicial fiasco, By Jon Heney, Guardian (London UK), December 2, 2005" |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/02/france.jonhenley |
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"French justice system in dock as paedophile case collapses, New Zealand Herald, December 2, 2005" |
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