Marwa Joel Gasebo

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	15
Year Crime:	1998
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Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tanzania
County or Region of Crime:	Mara
City of Crime:	Serengenti
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Marwa Joel Gasebo was wrongly convicted of manslaghter and sentenced to life in prison for a death in Rong'abure, in Tanzania's Serengeti district on May 3, 1998. Gasebo's conviction was based on the dying declaration of the victim, supported by two other witnesses. In June 2014 Tanzania's Court of Appeals vacated Gasebo's conviction on the basis the High Court judge had not properly addressed the legal importance of the alleged dying declaration. The Court stated, "We hasten to hold that such non-direction to assessors constituted procedural lapse which undermined the conduct of the entire trial. Accordingly, in the exercise of our revisional jurisdiction under the Appellant Jurisdiction Act, we nullify the proceedings and the judgment of the High Court.""
Conviction Caused By:	Legal errors by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	In June 2014 Tanzania's Court of Appeals vacated Gasebo's conviction.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Tanzania: Court Nullifies Proceedings, Conviction in Manslaughter Case, By Faustine Kapama (Staff), Tanzania Daily News, June 10, 2014"
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Marwa Joel Gasebo

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tanzania

County or Region of Crime:

Mara

City of Crime:

Serengenti

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Legal errors by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

In June 2014 Tanzania's Court of Appeals vacated Gasebo's conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Tanzania: Court Nullifies Proceedings, Conviction in Manslaughter Case, By Faustine Kapama (Staff), Tanzania Daily News, June 10, 2014"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201406100099.html

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