Lawrence Katsiru

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	9 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zimbabwe
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2004 of raping a 13-year-old member of his Apostolic Church sect in Zimbabwe. Lawrence Katsiru was sentenced to 9 years in prison. During his May 2007 hearing in Zimbabwe's High Court the prosecution conceded there was insufficient evidence to uphold Katsiru's conviction. Zimbabwe's High Court ordered Katsiru's release on May 31, 2007, and two months later overturned his conviction and sentence in August 2007 based on insufficiency of the evidence. Katsiru was wrongly imprisoned for three years."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony by the accuser.
Innocence Proved By:	"Zimbabwe's High Court ordered Katsiru's release on May 31, 2007, and two months later overturned his conviction and sentence in August 2007 based on insufficiency of the evidence."
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Zimbabwe - Jailed Church Sect Leader Katsiru Wrongly Convicted - AG', World Wide Religious News, May 31, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=25239&sec=55&cont=3
Information Source 2:
Information Location 2:	"Church leader's conviction, sentence quashed, The Herald (Harare), August 23, 2007"
Information Source 3:	http://allafrica.com/stories/200708230618.html
Information Location 3:
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Lawrence Katsiru

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zimbabwe

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony by the accuser.

Innocence Proved By:

"Zimbabwe's High Court ordered Katsiru's release on May 31, 2007, and two months later overturned his conviction and sentence in August 2007 based on insufficiency of the evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Zimbabwe - Jailed Church Sect Leader Katsiru Wrongly Convicted - AG', World Wide Religious News, May 31, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=25239&sec=55&cont=3

Information Source 2:

Information Location 2:

"Church leader's conviction, sentence quashed, The Herald (Harare), August 23, 2007"

Information Source 3:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200708230618.html

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: