(name unknown) Fisherman

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
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Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Norway
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of sadistic, sexual abuse based solely on the testimony of the girl who was the alleged victim. The 60-year-old fisherman committed suicide after being wrongly convicted. Exonerated after police became suspicious when the girl made similar charges against other men in different parts of Norway."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the prosecution's sole witness.
Innocence Proved By:	Posthumous exonerations after his accuser was proven to be a pathological liar.
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Age When Imprisoned:	60
Age When Released:	60
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Wrongfully Convicted Man Commits Suicide, Dagbladet, Oslo, Norway, April 26, 1998"
Information Location 1:	http://www.menz.org.nz/Casualties/1998%20newsletters/Jun%2098.htm
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Comments About Case:	"Another wrongfully accused man commits suicide. A 60 year old fisherman killed himself after having been convicted of sadistic, sexual abuse. Police have now admitted that the allegations were false. They got suspicious after the girl who had made the charges against him went on to press similar claims against other men shortly after her family had moved away to a new place. (Dagbladet, Oslo, Norway, 26 April, 1998 Wrongfully convicted man commits suicide)"

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(name unknown) Fisherman

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Norway

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the prosecution's sole witness.

Innocence Proved By:

Posthumous exonerations after his accuser was proven to be a pathological liar.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

60

Age When Released:

60

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Wrongfully Convicted Man Commits Suicide, Dagbladet, Oslo, Norway, April 26, 1998"

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http://www.menz.org.nz/Casualties/1998%20newsletters/Jun%2098.htm

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