Peter Mwangi Kang'ethe

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Charge:	Robbery and Assault
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	2000
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:	"Peter Mwangi Kang'ethe was wrongly convicted in 2001 of robbery with violence and sentenced to death based on the testimony of his co-defendant. In 2003 the High Court upheld the conviction and sentence of Peter Kang'ethe. In June 2007 Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that he was denied his constitutional right to cross-examine his co-defendant, and since that testimony was the only evidence against him, the Court acquitted him and ordered his immediate release. Kang'ethe was released after 7 years of wrongful imprisonment, that included 6 years on death row."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by his co-defendant.
Innocence Proved By:	"In June 2007 the Court of Appeal ruled that he was denied his constitutional right to cross-examine his co-defendant, and since that testimony was the only evidence against him, the Court acquitted him and ordered his immediate release."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Error Saves Man From the Noose, By Mark Agutu, The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya), June 23, 2007"
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Peter Mwangi Kang'ethe

Charge:

Robbery and Assault

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

2000

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:

False testimony by his co-defendant.

Innocence Proved By:

"In June 2007 the Court of Appeal ruled that he was denied his constitutional right to cross-examine his co-defendant, and since that testimony was the only evidence against him, the Court acquitted him and ordered his immediate release."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Error Saves Man From the Noose, By Mark Agutu, The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya), June 23, 2007"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200706230029.html

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