Turkish 2013 Exoneration 20

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Charge:	Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.
Sentence:	Individual sentences of 6 years to 20 years in prison
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Turkey
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Sixty-three defendants were acquitted by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Oct. 9, 2013 in the Balyoz case on the grounds that they had agreed to commit a crime but had not followed through and actually committed an infraction. The Balyoz case involved more than 300 military officers convicted of charges related to attempting to engineer a military coup against the government in Turkey in 2003. The case was also known as Operation Sledgehammer. The defendants received sentences ranging from 6 years in prison to 20 years in prison. The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of 237 defendants."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Sixty-three defendants were acquitted by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Oct. 9, 2013 in the Balyoz case on the grounds that they had agreed to commit a crime but had not followed through and actually committed an infraction. The appeals court affirmed the convictions of 237 other defendants in the case."
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Information Source 1:	"Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals’ Balyoz verdict unlikely to change, Hurriyet Daily News (Ankara, Turkey), October 12, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-supreme-court-of-appeals-balyoz-verdict-unlikely-to-change-top-judge.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56146&NewsCatID=339
Information Source 2:	"Sledgehammer (coup plan), Wikipedia.org (last viewed 10-13-2013)"
Information Location 2:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_%28coup_plan%29
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Turkish 2013 Exoneration 20

Charge:

Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.

Sentence:

Individual sentences of 6 years to 20 years in prison

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Turkey

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals’ Balyoz verdict unlikely to change, Hurriyet Daily News (Ankara, Turkey), October 12, 2013"

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-supreme-court-of-appeals-balyoz-verdict-unlikely-to-change-top-judge.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56146&NewsCatID=339

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"Sledgehammer (coup plan), Wikipedia.org (last viewed 10-13-2013)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_%28coup_plan%29

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