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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Corruption (including Public Corruption) |
Sentence: |
10 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.3 |
Year Crime: |
2016 |
Year Convicted: |
2018 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Kuwait |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Marsha Lazareva was wrongly convicted in May 2018 by the Kuwaiti Plenary court of misuse of public funds. Lazareva was first arrested in 2017. She was held in custody for 470 days before being released on $36.3 million in bail. Her conviction was overturned in 2019 by Kuwait's Court of Appeal. Lazareva is a Russian born businesswoman. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
43 |
Age When Released: |
44 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
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"5th Congressman Joins Fight to Free Businesswoman in Kuwait, By Staff, Arab Times, October 20, 2019" |
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https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/5th-congressman-joins-fight-to-free-businesswoman-in-kuwait/ |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org