Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Terrorism |
Sentence: |
3-1/2 yrs |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
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United Kingdom |
County or Region of Crime: |
England |
City of Crime: |
London |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Erol Incedal was wrongly convicted in 2013 of the terrorism related charge of possessing bomb making information. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Erol Incedal was acquitted by a jury after a retrial. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
27 |
Age When Released: |
29 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Why was a British terror suspect acquitted? No one allowed to tell, By Haaretz, Haaretz.com, July 26, 2015" |
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http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.667921 |
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"A Terrorism Case in Britain Ends in Acquittal, but No One Can Say Why, By Stephen Castle, The New York Times, July 25, 2015" |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/world/europe/a-terrorism-case-in-britain-ends-in-acquittal-but-no-one-can-say-why.html?_r=0 |
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