DuPlessis

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Charge:	Disclosure of Information (including Official Secrets Act violations)
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Year Cleared:	1981
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Africa
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"DuPlessis was wrongly convicted of violating Section 118(1)(b) of the South African Defence Act (Act 44 of 1957), that prohibits the disclosure of any "statement, comment or rumour" relating to a member or activity of the South African Defence Force or the forces of a foreign country calculated to "prejudice or embarrass the Government in its foreign relations or to alarm or depress members of the public". DuPlessis' conviction was quashed because no document had been published, and so no crime could have been committed."
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Information Source 1:	"S. v. DuPlessis, 1981(3) SA 382 (A)"
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DuPlessis

Charge:

Disclosure of Information (including Official Secrets Act violations)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1981

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Africa

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed because no crime had been committed.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"S. v. DuPlessis, 1981(3) SA 382 (A)"

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http://www.article19.org/docimages/786.htm

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