Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Vehicle Offenses |
Sentence: |
$544 fine |
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Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
United Arab Emirates |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Lina Ghasan was wrongly convicted of negligent and reckless driving aftera collision of two cars that the car she was driving had nothing to do with. Fined Dh 2,000 (UAE Dirham), the equivalent of US$544 (July 21, 2006)" |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Appeals court reversed her conviction. |
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Female |
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Information Source 1: |
"Accident report saves woman from conviction, Adel Arafah, Khaleej Times Online, July 19, 2006" |
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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/July/theuae_July628.xml§ion=theuae |
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