Tomas Klamo

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Tomas Klamo was wrongly convicted of manslaughter in the death of his infant son Izaiah, based on the prosecution expert's testimony that the four-week old child died from injuries related to being shaken. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment. After his conviction experts examining the evidence concluded that Izaiah's injuries were inconsistent with being shaken. In May 2008 the Victorian Court of Appeal quashed Klamo's conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence a crime had been committed, and ordered his acquittal. Tomas Klamo was wrongly imprisoned for one year."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert testimony that Klamo's infant son died from being shaken.
Innocence Proved By:	"In May 2008 the Victorian Court of Appeal quashed Klamo's conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence a crime had been committed, and ordered his acquittal."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Dad acquitted on baby death, By Katie Bice, Herald Sun, May 9, 2008"
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Tomas Klamo

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert testimony that Klamo's infant son died from being shaken.

Innocence Proved By:

"In May 2008 the Victorian Court of Appeal quashed Klamo's conviction on the basis there was insufficient evidence a crime had been committed, and ordered his acquittal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Dad acquitted on baby death, By Katie Bice, Herald Sun, May 9, 2008"

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"http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23669942-661,00.html"

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