Craig Flowers

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Charge:	Illegal gambling (Incl. lottery)
Sentence:	"2 years or $10,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Bahamas
County or Region of Crime:	New Providence
City of Crime:	Nassau
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Craig Flowers was wrongly convicted on October 3, 2011 of operating an illegal lottery in Nassau, The Bahamas on April 28, 2009 when police raided his business FML Webshop. Police seized $834,629.32 from Flowers business. After his conviction following a bench trial, Flowers was sentenced to two years in prison or payment of a $10,000 fine. Flowers' appealed. On June 24, 2015 The Bahamas Court of Appeals quashed Flower's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and ordered return of all money seized during the search of his business on October 28, 2009."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 24, 2015 The Bahamas Court of Appeals quashed Flower's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and ordered return of all money seized during the search of his business on October 28, 2009."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Craig Flowers Vs. Commissioner of Police, No. 146 of 2011 (Bahamas Ct. of Appeal, 6-24-2015) (Quashing conviction "
Information Location 1:	http://www.courtofappeal.org.bs/download/019504200.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Everything Comes Up Roses For Flowers As Conviction Quashed, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, Bahamas), June 25, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/jun/25/everything-comes-roses-flowers-conviction-quashed/
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Craig Flowers

Charge:

Illegal gambling (Incl. lottery)

Sentence:

"2 years or $10,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Bahamas

County or Region of Crime:

New Providence

City of Crime:

Nassau

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 24, 2015 The Bahamas Court of Appeals quashed Flower's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and ordered return of all money seized during the search of his business on October 28, 2009."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Craig Flowers Vs. Commissioner of Police, No. 146 of 2011 (Bahamas Ct. of Appeal, 6-24-2015) (Quashing conviction "

Information Location 1:

http://www.courtofappeal.org.bs/download/019504200.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Everything Comes Up Roses For Flowers As Conviction Quashed, By Lamech Johnson (Tribune Staff Reporter), Tribune 242 (Nassau, Bahamas), June 25, 2015"

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http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/jun/25/everything-comes-roses-flowers-conviction-quashed/

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