Abid Hussain

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	27
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Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Abid Hussain was 16 when he was wrongly convicted in 1978 of murdering his 23-month-old brother. His conviction was based on false confession extracted by police after intense interrogation. The Court of Appeals quashed Hussain's conviction as "unsafe" on January 19, 2005."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession.
Innocence Proved By:	"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on January 19, 2005."
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Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	43
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man jailed in 1978 wins appeal over baby's death Brother's murder conviction quashed, Andrew Robinson, Yorkshire Post, January 20, 2005"
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Abid Hussain

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

27

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Abid Hussain was 16 when he was wrongly convicted in 1978 of murdering his 23-month-old brother. His conviction was based on false confession extracted by police after intense interrogation. The Court of Appeals quashed Hussain's conviction as "unsafe" on January 19, 2005."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession.

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed conviction on January 19, 2005."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

43

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Man jailed in 1978 wins appeal over baby's death Brother's murder conviction quashed, Andrew Robinson, Yorkshire Post, January 20, 2005"

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http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=924160

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