Senegal Homosexual 8

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Charge:	Indecent Conduct and Unnatural Acts (Homosexuality)
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Senegal
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"One of nine co-defendants wrongly convicted of indecent conduct and unnatural acts (homosexuality), even though no one testified to seeing them engaged in such acts. All nine were sentenced to eight years in prison. The conviction of all nine defendants were overturned in April 2009 by Senegal's Court of Appeal based on insufficient evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction of all nine defendants overturned in April 2009 by Senegal's Court of Appeal based on insufficient evidence.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Senegal gay convictions quashed, BBC News, April 20-2009"
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Senegal Homosexual 8

Charge:

Indecent Conduct and Unnatural Acts (Homosexuality)

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Senegal

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction of all nine defendants overturned in April 2009 by Senegal's Court of Appeal based on insufficient evidence.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Senegal gay convictions quashed, BBC News, April 20-2009"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8008170.stm

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