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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Forgery |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.67 |
Year Crime: |
2000 |
Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Malawi |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Snowden Jiya was co-defendant of Sam Safuli. Jiya was wrongly convicted of six counts of forgery related to six certificates of completion of work, which resulted in the ministry releasing K2,331,332 for schools which were not built. Jiya was a Malawi Ministry of Education quantity surveyor. His conviction was quashed in April 2007 by Malawi's Supreme Court." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Snowden Jiya's conviction was quashed in April 2007 by Malawi's Supreme Court. |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Court sets Safuli free, by Rabecca Theu, Nation Online (Malawi), April 25, 2007" |
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http://www.nationmalawi.com/articles.asp?articleID=21535 |
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"K187m education scam -Supreme Court sets Safuli free, By Daniel Nyirenda, The Daily Times (Malawi), April 26, 2007" |
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http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4424 |
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