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Vlatko Kupreskic

 

Charge:

Crimes Against Humanity

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Croatia

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Vlatko Kupreskic was co-defendant of Zoran Kupreskic and Mirjan Kupreskic. All three voluntarily surrendered in 1997 and were kept in custody. Wrongly convicted in January 2000 of crimes against humanity committed in 1993 during a Croat assault on the central Bosnian vilage of Ahmici during which 116 unarmed Muslims were killed. Sentenced to ten years in prison. Conviction quashed by a United Nations appeals court on October 23, 2001, based on determination that the evidence of guilt lacked credibility. Released after four years of wrongful imprisonment."

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Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by a United Nations appeals court on October 23, 2001, based on determination that the evidence of guilt lacked credibility."

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"3 Croats Cleared - First Time War Crimes Rulings Are Reversed, New York Times, October 24, 2001, pg. A5"

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