Ove Thomas Hansen

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	12 years
Years Imprisoned:	7.5
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Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Denmark
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ove Thomas Hansen was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. A Danish TV station (Denmark Radio) made a documentary - "The Police Blind Eye" - about the poor police investigation that was aired on April 19, 1991. This led to a new trial that resulted in Ove Thomas Hansen's acquittal. He was released after 7½ years of wrongful imprisonment. His wife's killer has never been found. Hansen was compensated in December 1993 with about US$1 million (6.5 million Danish Kroners)"
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Innocence Proved By:	A Danish TV station (DR) made a documentary about the poor police investigation in 1991. This led to a new trial that resulted in.Ove Thomas Hansen's acquittal.
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Compensation Awarded:	6.5 million Danish Kroners (About US$1 million)
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Police Blind Eye, CFJE Online, 10-28-1998"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cfje.dk/cfje/Lovbasen.nsf/ID/LB02243714?OpenDocument
Information Source 2:	"Pedal-Ove fik stor erstatning, January 12, 1994"
Information Location 2:	http://www.samtid.dk/avisen/samtidmaster/seartikel.php3?artikelnr=19940018
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Ove Thomas Hansen

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

12 years

Years Imprisoned:

7.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Denmark

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

A Danish TV station (DR) made a documentary about the poor police investigation in 1991. This led to a new trial that resulted in.Ove Thomas Hansen's acquittal.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

6.5 million Danish Kroners (About US$1 million)

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"The Police Blind Eye, CFJE Online, 10-28-1998"

Information Location 1:

http://www.cfje.dk/cfje/Lovbasen.nsf/ID/LB02243714?OpenDocument

Information Source 2:

"Pedal-Ove fik stor erstatning, January 12, 1994"

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http://www.samtid.dk/avisen/samtidmaster/seartikel.php3?artikelnr=19940018

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