Alberto Fujimori

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Charge:	Embezzelment
Sentence:	3 yrs & $1million fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Peru
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City of Crime:	Lima
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Alberto Fujimori was the former president of Peru who was wrongly convicted in 2015 of embezzeling $40 million from the military to pay for articles in sensationalist tabloids that maligned his political foes during Peru's 2000 Presidential election. After his conviction Fujimori was sentenced to eight years in prison. On August 16, 2016 a five-judge panel of Peru's Supreme Court unanimously overturned Fujimori's embezzelment conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove he had used public funds to pay for headlines in the so-called "chicha" newspapers. Peru Supreme Court Chief Justice Javier Villa ruled Fujimori could not be guilty of embezzlement under Peruvian law, because it requires the defendant to exercise control over public funds. As president, Fujimori did not directly manage the military budgets where money was diverted to pay for fake news stories. Justice Villa also noted the evidence of Fujimori's innocence shown by videos in which Fujimori’s spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos told recipients of the bribes that Fujimori did not know about the “chicha press” initiative. "Chicha" newspapers are broadsheet newspapers aimed at Peru's uneducated, and they publish true crime tales and photos of bikini-clad women. Fujimori remained imprisoned serving a 25-year sentence for his unrelated convictions for corruption and authorizing death squads during his 1990-2000 presidency."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 16, 2016 a five-judge panel of Peru's Supreme Court unanimously overturned Fujimori's embezzelment conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove he had used public funds to pay for headlines in the so-called "chicha" newspapers."
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Information Source 1:	"Peru high court throws out Fujimori embezzlement conviction, By Franklin Briceno (Associated Press), The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), August 17, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article96100227.html
Information Source 2:	"Alberto Fujimori’s conviction overturned in ‘chicha press’ case, By Luis Castañeda and Alejandro Toledo, Peru Reports, August 17, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://perureports.com/2016/08/17/peru-alberto-fujimoris-conviction-overturned-chicha-press-case/
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Alberto Fujimori

Charge:

Embezzelment

Sentence:

3 yrs & $1million fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Peru

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Lima

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Peru high court throws out Fujimori embezzlement conviction, By Franklin Briceno (Associated Press), The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), August 17, 2016"

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article96100227.html

Information Source 2:

"Alberto Fujimori’s conviction overturned in ‘chicha press’ case, By Luis Castañeda and Alejandro Toledo, Peru Reports, August 17, 2016"

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http://perureports.com/2016/08/17/peru-alberto-fujimoris-conviction-overturned-chicha-press-case/

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