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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
6 years |
Year Convicted: |
2000 |
Year
Cleared:
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2010 |
Location
of Trial:
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Israel |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal) |
Summary
of Case:
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Arnoldo Lazarovsky was wrongly convicted twice of an indecent act and an act of sodomy against a minor less than 14 years of age. Lazarovsky's first conviction on July 27, 2000, in the Tel Aviv District Court was based on the testimony of the victim about the assaults in 1991 when the boy was 12-years-old. The victim complained about the assaults years later when he entered the Israeli military. The 66-year-old Lazarovsky was sentenced to six years in prison. After Lazarovsky's release his conviction was overturned and he was convicted again after his retrial. Lazarovsky appealed that conviction. The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted Lazarovsky on November 25, 2010. It was the first time the Israeli Supreme Court had acquitted someone who had been convicted after a retrial. Lazarovsky's conviction was overturned based on the acquittal of another man, Gregory Schneider, who had also been convicted of allegedly committing similar crimes against the boy. Schneider's convictions were overturned by the unreliability of the boy's testimony. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Either erroneous identification or perjury by the victim. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted Lazarovsky on November 25, 2010.
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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66 |
Age
When Released:
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70 |
Information Source 1: |
Court overturns sex crime conviction, after sentence served, By Dan Izenberg (staff), The Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2010 |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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