Raúl González

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Charge:	"Explosives Offense (possessing, providing, or making explosives)"
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Spain
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City of Crime:	Madrid
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Raúl González was one of four co-defendants wrongly convicted in October 2007 of charges related to the March 2004 Madrid train bombings. González was convicted of supplying explosives and sentenced to 5 years in prison. On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence."
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Information Source 1:	"Four cleared over madrid terror blasts, The Times (London), July 18, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4353707.ece
Information Source 2:	"4 cleared in Madrid train bombing, By Dale Fuchs (staff writer), New York Times, July 18, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/europe/18spain.html?ref=europe
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Raúl González

Charge:

"Explosives Offense (possessing, providing, or making explosives)"

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Spain

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Madrid

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 17, 2008 Spain's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of the four co-defendant's based on insufficent evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Four cleared over madrid terror blasts, The Times (London), July 18, 2008"

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4353707.ece

Information Source 2:

"4 cleared in Madrid train bombing, By Dale Fuchs (staff writer), New York Times, July 18, 2008"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/europe/18spain.html?ref=europe

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