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Carl Hirschmann

 

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

"Fined 1,000 Swiss francs (US$982)"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Switzerland

County or Region of Crime:

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 In October 2010 Hirschmann's conviction was overturned on appeal because the alleged victims had withdrawn their complaint."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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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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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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