Suezanne Hayman

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Years Imprisoned:	3.5
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Suezanne Hayman was wrongly convicted in 1986 for allegedly conspiring to import heroin from Thailand in 1984. She was convicted on the basis of her alleged confession - which was unsigned. She served 3-1/2 years in prison before her release in 1991. In 1992, she was deported to her homeland of New Zealand with 24-hours notice. In 1995 a detective admitted to the Wood Royal Commission that Hayman's confession was "straight fiction" made-up he said, after the police had "made up out mind." to charge her -- but they had no actual evidence. Hayman's conviction was quashed in 1998. She filed a civil suit and was awarded an undisclosed sum. In December 2005 the Australian government lifted Hayman's ban on traveling to Australia -- 19 years after her wrongful conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	"Police made-up a confession that was "straight fiction.""
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed in 1998 after a police officer admitted Hayman's alleged confession was "straight fiction.""
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Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	41
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Victory For Framed Deportee, The Weekend Australian, December 3, 2005"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17443549%255E2702,00.html"
Information Source 2:	"Police Lies Ruined My Life, NORML New Zealand, October 13, 1998"
Information Location 2:	http://www.norml.org.nz/News/police_lies_ruined_my_life.htm
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Suezanne Hayman

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

3.5

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Police made-up a confession that was "straight fiction.""

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed in 1998 after a police officer admitted Hayman's alleged confession was "straight fiction.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

41

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Victory For Framed Deportee, The Weekend Australian, December 3, 2005"

Information Location 1:

"http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17443549%255E2702,00.html"

Information Source 2:

"Police Lies Ruined My Life, NORML New Zealand, October 13, 1998"

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http://www.norml.org.nz/News/police_lies_ruined_my_life.htm

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