Ernesto Bustamante Donayre

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Charge:	Defamation/Slander
Sentence:	"US$1,800 fine and travel restrictions"
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Peru
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Biologist Ernesto Bustamante Donayre was convicted in April 2010 of defamation — a criminal offence in Peru — for publicly criticizing a report published by a fellow biologist -- Antonietta Ornella Gutiérrez Rosati -- that claimed genetically modified maize was found in plots 120 miles north of Lima. Donayre was fined 5,000 soles (US$1,800) and his travel was restricted. In December 2010 Donayre's conviction was overturned on appeal. The appellate court found the trial court had not demonstrated Bustamante had sufficient motivation to harm or defame his alleged victim."
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Innocence Proved By:	In December 2010 Donayre's conviction was overturned on appeal. The appellate court found the trial court had not demonstrated Bustamante had sufficient motivation to harm or defame his alleged victim.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Peruvian biologist's defamation conviction overturned, By Lucas Laursen, Nature News, January 11, 2011"
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Ernesto Bustamante Donayre

Charge:

Defamation/Slander

Sentence:

"US$1,800 fine and travel restrictions"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Peru

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In December 2010 Donayre's conviction was overturned on appeal. The appellate court found the trial court had not demonstrated Bustamante had sufficient motivation to harm or defame his alleged victim.

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"Peruvian biologist's defamation conviction overturned, By Lucas Laursen, Nature News, January 11, 2011"

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http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110111/full/news.2011.10.html

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