Vasiliy Kononov

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	20 months
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1944
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Latvia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Vasiliy Kononov was wrongly convicted in April 2004 of committing a war crime on May 27, 1944 when he and other Russian partisans burned homes in which arms supplied by the Germans were found. Nine people -- six men and three women -- were killed during the raid. the 81 year-old Vasilily Knononov was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment. He appealed, and on July On July 24, 2008 the European Court of Human Rights overturned Kononov's conviction on the basis that at the time his action wasn't considered a crime under the prevailing international law, and so he had no basis to believe he was doing anything criminal. The Court also awarded Kononov damages of 30,000 euros ($47,010)."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 24, 2008 the European Court of Human Rights overturned Kononov's war crimes conviction."
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Compensation Awarded:	"30,000 euros (Latvia, July 24, 2008) (Equiv. of $47,010)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Latvian world war ii veteran wins appeal to rights court, The Moscow Times, July 28, 2008"
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Information Source 2:	"Latvia unhappy with european court ruling on soviet war veteran, BBC Monitoring European, July 26, 2008"
Information Location 2:	"WWII veteran kononov calls 30,000 euro compensation, 'mockery', Novosti, July 28, 2008"
Information Source 3:	http://en.rian.ru/world/20080728/115096044.html
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Vasiliy Kononov

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

20 months

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1944

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Latvia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 24, 2008 the European Court of Human Rights overturned Kononov's war crimes conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"30,000 euros (Latvia, July 24, 2008) (Equiv. of $47,010)"

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Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Latvian world war ii veteran wins appeal to rights court, The Moscow Times, July 28, 2008"

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Information Source 2:

"Latvia unhappy with european court ruling on soviet war veteran, BBC Monitoring European, July 26, 2008"

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"WWII veteran kononov calls 30,000 euro compensation, 'mockery', Novosti, July 28, 2008"

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http://en.rian.ru/world/20080728/115096044.html

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