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Abdelilah El Fadual El Akil

 

Charge:

"Terrorism (associating with, belonging to, or collaborating with a terrorist group)"

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Spain

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Madrid

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"One of four co-defendants wrongly convicted in October 2007 of charges related to the March 2004 Madrid train bombings. Abdelilah El Fadual El Akil was convicted of collaborating with a terrorist group and sentenced to 9 years in prison. On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Four cleared over madrid terror blasts, The Times (London), July 18, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4353707.ece

Information Source 2:

"4 cleared in Madrid train bombing, By Dale Fuchs (staff writer), New York Times, July 18, 2008"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/europe/18spain.html?ref=europe

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