Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín

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Charge:	Defamation/Slander
Sentence:	"3 years in prison or $11,000 fine"
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Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Peru
County or Region of Crime:	Alto Amazonas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín was a television reporter wrongly convicted on November 7, 2011 of aggravated defamation and sentenced to 3 years in prison or to pay $11,000 (Peru 30,000 soles) in damages. On March 18, 2012 the criminal high court in San Martin province overturned Fachin's conviction on the basis there was no evidence of "aggravating" circumstances and that insufficient evidence was introduced at trial to prove Melendez's claims were defamatory."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 18, 2012 the criminal high court in San Martin province overturned Fachin's conviction on the basis there was no evidence of "aggravating" circumstances and that insufficient evidence was introduced at trial to prove Melendez's claims were defamatory."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court quashes defamation conviction on appeal, spares journalist jail time, Staff, Reporters Without Borders, March 29, 2012"
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Teobaldo Meléndez Fachín

Charge:

Defamation/Slander

Sentence:

"3 years in prison or $11,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Peru

County or Region of Crime:

Alto Amazonas

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 18, 2012 the criminal high court in San Martin province overturned Fachin's conviction on the basis there was no evidence of "aggravating" circumstances and that insufficient evidence was introduced at trial to prove Melendez's claims were defamatory."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court quashes defamation conviction on appeal, spares journalist jail time, Staff, Reporters Without Borders, March 29, 2012"

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"http://en.rsf.org/peru-court-quashes-defamation-29-03-2012,42211.html"

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