Sherpao Khan

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Charge:	"Explosives Offense (possessing, providing, or making explosives)"
Sentence:	14 years & forfeiture of property
Years Imprisoned:	1.33
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
County or Region of Crime:	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
City of Crime:	Kohat
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Saddam Khan and Sherpao Khan were codefendants wrongly convicted on April 29, 2014 of explosives charges in Pakistan. The two were arrested in September 18, 2013. Although there were inconsistences in the police reports and the evidence, the defendants were found guilty. On January 26, 2015 the Peshawar High Court acquitted Saddam and Sherpao on the basis of insufficient evidence in part due to an inadequate police investigation."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On January 26, 2015 the Peshawar High Court acquitted Saddam and Sherpao on the basis of insufficient evidence."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"PHC sets aside terror convictions over faulty probe, By Bureau Report, Dawn.com (Pakistan), January 27, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dawn.com/news/1159735
Information Source 2:	"PHC overturns sentences of three terror suspects, By Correspondent, The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times), January 27, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://tribune.com.pk/story/827891/phc-overturns-sentences-of-three-terror-suspects/
Information Source 3:	"Loopholes in police investigation allow cases to slip through, By Noorwali Shah, The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times, February 2, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://tribune.com.pk/story/831304/loopholes-in-police-investigation-allow-cases-to-slip-through/
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Sherpao Khan

Charge:

"Explosives Offense (possessing, providing, or making explosives)"

Sentence:

14 years & forfeiture of property

Years Imprisoned:

1.33

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

City of Crime:

Kohat

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 26, 2015 the Peshawar High Court acquitted Saddam and Sherpao on the basis of insufficient evidence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"PHC sets aside terror convictions over faulty probe, By Bureau Report, Dawn.com (Pakistan), January 27, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dawn.com/news/1159735

Information Source 2:

"PHC overturns sentences of three terror suspects, By Correspondent, The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times), January 27, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/827891/phc-overturns-sentences-of-three-terror-suspects/

Information Source 3:

"Loopholes in police investigation allow cases to slip through, By Noorwali Shah, The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times, February 2, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/831304/loopholes-in-police-investigation-allow-cases-to-slip-through/

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