Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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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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"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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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 |
Information Source 2: |
"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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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org