Serena Kozakura

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Charge:	Property destruction (Incld. malicious destruction.)
Sentence:	14 months
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Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Japan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Serena Kozakura was wrongly convicted in July 2007 of allegedly destroying the property of a male friend in November 2006, by allegedly kicking in a door. She was convicted based on the testimony of the man and a friend. She was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended on condition of three years of good behavior. She appealed and on March 3, 2008 Tokyo's High Court overturned her conviction on the basis that she could not have fit through the hole in the door. Ms. Kozakura has 44" breasts and her lawyer showed the appeals court judges a plate the size of the hole to demonstrate that she couldn't have fit through the hole in the door."
Conviction Caused By:	False testimony of the prosecution's lone eyewitness.
Innocence Proved By:	"On March 3, 2008 Tokyo's High Court overturned her conviction on the basis that she could not have fit through the hole in the door."
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Age When Released:	38
Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Big breasts help actress to get conviction overturned, Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo), March 4, 2008"
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Serena Kozakura

Charge:

Property destruction (Incld. malicious destruction.)

Sentence:

14 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False testimony of the prosecution's lone eyewitness.

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 3, 2008 Tokyo's High Court overturned her conviction on the basis that she could not have fit through the hole in the door."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

38

Sex:

Female

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Information Source 1:

"Big breasts help actress to get conviction overturned, Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo), March 4, 2008"

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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080304p2a00m0na028000c.html

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