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Julius Chow Lieh Liu

 

Charge:

Copyright Violation

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.67

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Contra Costa

City of Crime:

El Cerrito

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Julius Liu was wrongly convicted of copyright infringement in June 2010 by a jury. Liu was sentenced on December 14, 2010 to four years in prison, but he was allowed to remain free on a $500,000 surety bond until he was scheduled to start serving his sentence on February 14, 2011. Julius Liu's conviction was overturned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on October 1, 2013."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Julius Liu's conviction was overturned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on October 1, 2013."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

55

Age When Released:

58

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"United States v. Liu, Court of Appeals, No. 10-10613 (9th Cir 2013)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10914332535119486565&q=Julius+Liu+ninth+circuit&hl=en&as_sdt=4,72,73,78,79,80,86,88,93,114,129,134,135,141,142,143,149,151,156,258,259,260,261,310,311,321,322,323,324,373,374,383"

Information Source 2:

"Prison Time for Man Peddling Bootleg Copies of Anti-Virus Software, DVDs, By Camille Tuutti, Executivebiz.com, December 16, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://blog.executivebiz.com/2010/12/prison-time-for-man-peddling-bootleg-copies-of-symantec-software/

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