Joe Kalusa

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Charge:	Threaten to Assault or Cause Bodily Harm
Sentence:	"K10 million fine (US$1,819,900)"
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zambia
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City of Crime:	Ndola
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joe Kalusa was wrongly convicted in March 2013 in Ndola, Zambia of threatening violence against Forum for Democracy and Development President Edith Nawakwi in September 2012. Kalusa was fined K10 million (US$1,819,900). Kalusa conviction was based on a newspaper story published in Zambia's Post newspaper. The newspaper article's author testified that Kalusa said that "“Maybe he can organise UPND cadres to gun rape Nawakwi for insulting UPND leader.” In late May 2013 Kalusa's conviction was quashed on appeal, on the basis the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient evidence to prove he committed the offense of making a threat, since his comment was qualified by him saying "maybe.""
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"High Court quashes conviction of former UNPD youth Leader Joe Kalusa for threatening Nawakwi, Lusaka Times, May 29, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/05/29/high-court-quashes-conviction-of-former-unpd-youth-leader-joe-kalusa-for-threatening-nawakwi/
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Joe Kalusa

Charge:

Threaten to Assault or Cause Bodily Harm

Sentence:

"K10 million fine (US$1,819,900)"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zambia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Ndola

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In late May 2013 Kalusa's conviction was quashed on appeal, on the basis the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient evidence to prove he committed the offense."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"High Court quashes conviction of former UNPD youth Leader Joe Kalusa for threatening Nawakwi, Lusaka Times, May 29, 2013"

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http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/05/29/high-court-quashes-conviction-of-former-unpd-youth-leader-joe-kalusa-for-threatening-nawakwi/

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