Ahmad Kassim

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Charge:	First Degree Manslaughter
Sentence:	5 to 10 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	1958
Year Convicted:	1958
Year Cleared:	1965
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Erie
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ahmad Kassim was wrongly convicted in 1958 of first-degree manslaughter in Erie County, New York based on his confession. Kassim was unfamiliar with the English language, and his "supposed" confession was not only false, but was actually the words of the District Attorney. Kassim was released in 1966 after a new trial was ordered and his indictment was dismissed based on his unreliable confession and the fact another man had confessed to the crime. In 1984 the New York Legislature based a bill that enabled Kassim to sue the State. Kassim filed a lawsuit and in 1986 the State of New York awarded $501,653 for loss of his civil rights, humiliation, mental anguish, and lost earnings."
Conviction Caused By:	"Didn't know English, and his "supposed" confession was not only false, but was actually the words of the District Attorney."
Innocence Proved By:	Kassim was released in 1966 after a new trial was ordered and his indictment was dismissed based on his unreliable confession and the fact another man had confessed to the crime.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$501,653 (State of New York, 1986)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 134."
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Ahmad Kassim

Charge:

First Degree Manslaughter

Sentence:

5 to 10 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

1958

Year Convicted:

1958

Year Cleared:

1965

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Erie

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Didn't know English, and his "supposed" confession was not only false, but was actually the words of the District Attorney."

Innocence Proved By:

Kassim was released in 1966 after a new trial was ordered and his indictment was dismissed based on his unreliable confession and the fact another man had confessed to the crime.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$501,653 (State of New York, 1986)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 134."

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