Meriam Yehya Ibrahim

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Charge:	Religious Violation
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Sudan
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Khartoum
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Meriam Yehya Ibrahim was wrongly convicted on May 11, 2014 in Khartoum, Sudan of apostasy for renuncing her Muslim faith for Christianity, for which she was sentenced on May 15 to death by hanging, and of adultery for marrying a Christian man, which which she was sentenced to receive 100 lashes. Ibrahim's father was Muslim, so under Muslim law she was considered to be a Muslim and therefore her marriage to a Christian was void. At the time of her conviction Ibrahim was eight months pregnant at the time of her conviction, and she gave birth to a girl in prison two weeks after her sentencing. Also in prison with her was her 20-month-old son. After her conviction the judge gave Ibrahim several days to renounce Christianity, but at the time of her sentencing she told the judge "I am a Christian," after which she was sentenced to death by hanging. On June 23, 2014 a Sudanese appeals court overturned Ibrahim's conviction on the basis it was legally faulty, and she was released later that day. Ibrahim's Christian husband Daniel Wani is wheelchair bound and depended on his wife for his care."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 23, 2014 a Sudanese appeals court overturned Ibrahim's conviction on the basis it was legally faulty, and she was released later that day."
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Christian woman freed after death sentence ruled 'faulty' in Sudan, By Nima Elbagir (CNN), June 23, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/africa/sudan-woman-freed/
Information Source 2:	"Christian in Sudan sentenced to death for faith; 'I'm just praying,' husband says, By Salma Abdelaziz, Catherine E. Shoichet, Daniel Burke and Ed Payne, CNN, May 16, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/15/world/africa/sudan-christian-woman-apostasy/index.html
Information Source 3:	"Pregnant Christian Woman in Sudan Sentenced to Death for Apostasy, By Alexander Smith (Freelance reporter), NBC News, May 15, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pregnant-christian-woman-sudan-sentenced-death-apostasy-n105961
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Meriam Yehya Ibrahim

Charge:

Religious Violation

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Sudan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Khartoum

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 23, 2014 a Sudanese appeals court overturned Ibrahim's conviction on the basis it was legally faulty, and she was released later that day."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Christian woman freed after death sentence ruled 'faulty' in Sudan, By Nima Elbagir (CNN), June 23, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/africa/sudan-woman-freed/

Information Source 2:

"Christian in Sudan sentenced to death for faith; 'I'm just praying,' husband says, By Salma Abdelaziz, Catherine E. Shoichet, Daniel Burke and Ed Payne, CNN, May 16, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/15/world/africa/sudan-christian-woman-apostasy/index.html

Information Source 3:

"Pregnant Christian Woman in Sudan Sentenced to Death for Apostasy, By Alexander Smith (Freelance reporter), NBC News, May 15, 2014"

Information Location 3:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pregnant-christian-woman-sudan-sentenced-death-apostasy-n105961

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