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Florim Ejupi

 

Charge:

"Murder, Attempted Murder and Terrorism"

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Serbia

County or Region of Crime:

Kosovo

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted in 2008 of terrorism after being found guilty of planting and detonating a bomb on February 16, 2001 that killed 11 people and injured 22 on a bus carrying Serbian pilgrims to the monastery town of Gracanica. Florim Ejupi was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He appealed his conviction, and on March 12, 2009 a Supreme Court panel of five judges announced that "He was acquitted of all charges and released for a lack of evidence.""

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 12, 2009 a Supreme Court panel of five judges announced that "He was acquitted of all charges and released for a lack of evidence.""

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Panel frees Albanian jailed for Kosovo bus bombing, Reuters, March 13, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSBYT332171

Information Source 2:

"Kosovo Accused's 40-year UN Conviction Overturned, EU Business, March 13, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1236958321.19

Information Source 3:

"A very dirty little war, by Anthony Loyd, The Times (UK), May 14, 2002 "

Information Location 3:

http://www.balkanpeace.org/index.php?index=article&articleid=13907

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