Finnish Defendant 1

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Charge:	Terrorism
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Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Finland
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City of Crime:	Helsinki
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Four Somali immigrants to Finland, three men and one woman, were co-defendants wrongly convicted in 2014 of financing terrorism for raising 3,200 euros ($3,900) for the al-Shabab group in Somalia in 2008-2011. Al-Shabab is an al-Qaida allied group. They were charged based on the prosecution's contention the money was to be used for committing terror crimes. One of the male defendants was also convicted of recruiting his brother to join al-Shabab. The prosecution of the four was the first terror-linked case in Finland. The four appealed. On March 23, 2016 the Helsinki Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of the four defendants and ordered their acquittal based on insufficient evidence they had criminal intent. The Court ruled the four defendants could not have known for certain the money would be used for committing terror crimes, and that their claim was credible that they believed the money was sent for charitable causes. The Court also acquitted the defendant who was further convicted of recruiting his brother for al-Shabab, ruling that there was no clear evidence of such action by the defendant."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 23, 2016 the Helsinki Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of the four defendants and ordered their acquittal based on insufficient evidence they had criminal intent. The Court ruled the four defendants could not have known for certain the money would be used for committing terror crimes, and that their claim was credible that they believed the money was sent for charitable causes. The Court also acquitted the defendant who was further convicted of recruiting his brother for al-Shabab, ruling that there was no clear evidence of such action by the defendant."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Finnish court acquits 4 defendants of terror-linked crimes, By Associated Press, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 23, 2016"
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Finnish Defendant 1

Charge:

Terrorism

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Finland

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Helsinki

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Finnish court acquits 4 defendants of terror-linked crimes, By Associated Press, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 23, 2016"

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http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_3df62eb6-82db-5ea7-8e74-0dbc87200bd3.html

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