Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault (Including Battery) |
Sentence: |
"Fined 1,000 Swiss francs (US$982)" |
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Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Switzerland |
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City of Crime: |
Basel |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Carl Hirschmann was wrongly convicted in December 2009 of assault for allegedly punching a woman and her boyfriend during a party in Basel, Switzerland in June 2008. Carl Hirschmann, the heir to a multi-billion Swiss franc fortune, was fined $1,000. In October 2010 Hirschmann's conviction was overturned on appeal because the alleged victims had withdrawn their complaint." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In October 2010 Hirschmann's conviction was overturned on appeal. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Conviction quashed for Zurich playboy, World Radio Switzerland, October 5, 2010" |
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http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/conviction-quashed-for-zurich-playboy.shtml?21165 |
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