Salim Issah

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
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Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kenya
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Salim Issah was wrongly convicted of committing robbery with violence in 2001, and sentenced to hang. In July 2003 the Appeals Court upheld the conviction. See, Elirema & Another v. Republic (2003) KLR 537. In February 2007 Kenya's High Court quashed the conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal based on the contradictory evidence given by the complainant."
Conviction Caused By:	Contradictory testimony by the complainant.
Innocence Proved By:	In February 2007 Kenya's High Court quashed the conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal based on the contradictory evidence given by the complainant
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Kenya - Bench Watch, The East African Standard, February 4, 2007"
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Salim Issah

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kenya

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Contradictory testimony by the complainant.

Innocence Proved By:

In February 2007 Kenya's High Court quashed the conviction and entered a judgment of acquittal based on the contradictory evidence given by the complainant

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Kenya - Bench Watch, The East African Standard, February 4, 2007"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200702050057.html

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