J. Jayalalithaa

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
Sentence:	4 years and fined Rs. 100 crore (US$15.7 mil.)
Years Imprisoned:	0.06
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
County or Region of Crime:	Karnataka
City of Crime:	Bengaluru
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	J. Jayalalithaa was wrongly convicted in September 2014 of public corruption in India's Karnataka State.
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 11, 2015 Jayalalithaa's conviction was quashed on the basis of insufficient evidence and the appeals court ordered her acquittal."
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Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	66
Age When Released:	66
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"In Jayalalithaa's Acquittal, Judge Rejects Charges of Lavish Wedding for Foster Son, By All India, NDTV.com, May 11, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-jayalalithaas-acquittal-judge-rejects-charges-of-lavish-wedding-for-foster-son-762228?ndtv_related
Information Source 2:	"Have Emerged as 'Tested Pure Gold,' Says Jayalalithaa, Acquitted in Corruption Case, Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt, KDTV, May 11, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/for-jayalalithaa-verdict-today-on-her-appeal-against-conviction-for-corruption-762093?pfrom=home-lateststories
Information Source 3:	"Sad That More Than 200 People Died Over My Conviction, Says Jayalalithaa, Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from Reuters), NDTV Convergence Limited, May 11, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/sad-that-over-200-people-died-over-my-conviction-says-jayalalithaa-762164
Information Source 4:	"Jayalalithaa's Acquittal Based on Deeply Flawed Math, Says Prosecutor, Reported by Maya Sharma and Uma Sudhir, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh, NDTV, May 12, 2015"
Information Location 4:	http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/judge-who-acquitted-jayalalithaa-got-his-math-wrong-alleges-lawyer-762461?story_interestedin_top_stories
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J. Jayalalithaa

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

4 years and fined Rs. 100 crore (US$15.7 mil.)

Years Imprisoned:

0.06

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

Karnataka

City of Crime:

Bengaluru

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

J. Jayalalithaa was wrongly convicted in September 2014 of public corruption in India's Karnataka State.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 11, 2015 Jayalalithaa's conviction was quashed on the basis of insufficient evidence and the appeals court ordered her acquittal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

66

Age When Released:

66

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"In Jayalalithaa's Acquittal, Judge Rejects Charges of Lavish Wedding for Foster Son, By All India, NDTV.com, May 11, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-jayalalithaas-acquittal-judge-rejects-charges-of-lavish-wedding-for-foster-son-762228?ndtv_related

Information Source 2:

"Have Emerged as 'Tested Pure Gold,' Says Jayalalithaa, Acquitted in Corruption Case, Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt, KDTV, May 11, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/for-jayalalithaa-verdict-today-on-her-appeal-against-conviction-for-corruption-762093?pfrom=home-lateststories

Information Source 3:

"Sad That More Than 200 People Died Over My Conviction, Says Jayalalithaa, Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from Reuters), NDTV Convergence Limited, May 11, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/sad-that-over-200-people-died-over-my-conviction-says-jayalalithaa-762164

Information Source 4:

"Jayalalithaa's Acquittal Based on Deeply Flawed Math, Says Prosecutor, Reported by Maya Sharma and Uma Sudhir, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh, NDTV, May 12, 2015"

Information Location 4:

http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/judge-who-acquitted-jayalalithaa-got-his-math-wrong-alleges-lawyer-762461?story_interestedin_top_stories

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