Josep Guardiola

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	7 month suspended prison sentence
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Italy
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Josep Guardiola was wrongly convicted in May 2005 of using the steroid nandrolone while playing soccer (football) for Serie A side Brescia in 2001. Guardiola was sentenced to a seven month suspended prison term, and he was banned from playing soccer for four months and fined €50,000. He was the first soccer player convicted and sentenced under an Italian law created in 2000 that made doping a criminal offence. On October 23, 2007 an Italian appeals court overturned his conviction based on new scientific tests unavailable at the time of his prosecution that proved the steroid was not in his system. When told of the court's decision, Guardiola said, "When the news spread all over the world it was very nasty. But today is the most beautiful day of my life since becoming a father." (Former Barca midfielder Guardiola cleared of doping charges on appeal, The Canadian Press, October 22, 2007.)"
Conviction Caused By:	Drug test that erroneously detected steroids in his system.
Innocence Proved By:	"On October 23, 2007 an Italian appeals court overturned his conviction based on new scientific tests unavailable at the time of his prosecution that proved the steroid was not in his system."
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Former Barca midfielder Guardiola cleared of doping charges on appeal, The Canadian Press, October 22, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6Bf-CmB6XDqB-DbDBAiRmgeoO7g
Information Source 2:	"Guardiola Has Drugs Conviction Overturned, goal.com, October 23, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=455765
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Josep Guardiola

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

7 month suspended prison sentence

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Italy

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Drug test that erroneously detected steroids in his system.

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 23, 2007 an Italian appeals court overturned his conviction based on new scientific tests unavailable at the time of his prosecution that proved the steroid was not in his system."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Former Barca midfielder Guardiola cleared of doping charges on appeal, The Canadian Press, October 22, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6Bf-CmB6XDqB-DbDBAiRmgeoO7g

Information Source 2:

"Guardiola Has Drugs Conviction Overturned, goal.com, October 23, 2007"

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http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=455765

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