Ranjit Fernando

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Charge:	Gross Indecency
Sentence:	10 years
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Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Sri Lanka
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of committing acts of "gross indecency" and wrongful confinement against two boys in a school van he drove, even though two other boys in the van testified that nothing happened and they waited before getting out of the van because it was raining so heavily. Ranjit Fernando was sentenced to 10 years hard imprisonment. On appeal Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal ruled that the prosecution had presented insufficient evidence to prove the elements of the offense, and the contradictory testimony didn't overcome the prosecution's burden of proof. Fernando's conviction and sentence were set-aside and he was released."
Conviction Caused By:	"Erroneous and apparently perjurious testimony by the two alleged "victims.""
Innocence Proved By:	Fernando's conviction and sentence were set-aside and he was released.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Van Driver Acquitted, By Wasantha Ramanayake, Ceylon Daily News (Sri Lanka), September 16, 2008"
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Ranjit Fernando

Charge:

Gross Indecency

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Sri Lanka

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Erroneous and apparently perjurious testimony by the two alleged "victims.""

Innocence Proved By:

Fernando's conviction and sentence were set-aside and he was released.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Van Driver Acquitted, By Wasantha Ramanayake, Ceylon Daily News (Sri Lanka), September 16, 2008"

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http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/09/16/news12.asp

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