Gerald Muchiri Kiruma

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kenya
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gerald Muchiri Kiruma was wrongly convicted in 2002 of transporting canabis on a bus. The 75 year-old Gerald Kiruma was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. His conviction quashed on May 18, 2007 by Kenya's Court of Appeal."
Conviction Caused By:	False eyewitness testimony by people held in custody for three days to induce them to provide evidence of who was transporting the canabis found during a search of the bus.
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed on May 18, 2007 by Kenya's Court of Appeal."
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Age When Imprisoned:	75
Age When Released:	80
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Gerald Muchiri Kiruma V Republic [2007] eKLR
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Information Source 2:	"Kenya - Bang in Matatu Case - Court Cites Shoddy Probe, The Nation (Nairobi), June 11, 2007"
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Gerald Muchiri Kiruma

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2002

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:

"Gerald Muchiri Kiruma was wrongly convicted in 2002 of transporting canabis on a bus. The 75 year-old Gerald Kiruma was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. His conviction quashed on May 18, 2007 by Kenya's Court of Appeal."

Conviction Caused By:

False eyewitness testimony by people held in custody for three days to induce them to provide evidence of who was transporting the canabis found during a search of the bus.

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed on May 18, 2007 by Kenya's Court of Appeal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

75

Age When Released:

80

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Gerald Muchiri Kiruma V Republic [2007] eKLR

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"Kenya - Bang in Matatu Case - Court Cites Shoddy Probe, The Nation (Nairobi), June 11, 2007"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200706110811.html

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