Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
"Sh400,000" |
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Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Kenya |
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City of Crime: |
Naroibi |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Mwangi Wa Iria |
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On May 13 the High Court in Nairob quashed Iria's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of his guilt. |
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Male |
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Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Court quashes Mwangi Wa Iria's conviction, bars EACC from prosecuting him, By Maureen Kakah, Daily Nation (Naroibi, Kenya), May 13, 2015" |
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http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Wa-Iria-scores-a-double-in-graft-case/-/1056/2715092/-/e0h5up/-/index.html |
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