Ashura Lyema

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
Sentence:	6 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tanzania
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City of Crime:	Dar es Salaam
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Seven co-defendants were wrongly convicted in 2003 of economic crimes and corrupt transactions, and sentenced to five years imprisonment each. The men were released in 2006 after three years imprisonment. In March 2007 the appeal of the seven co-defendant's was decided by the High Court in Dar es Salaam. The High Court acquitted all seven men, ruling that the trial court had erred by finding that the men were generally guilty, when the prosecution's circumstantial case was insufficient to establish the guilt of the men beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In March 2007 the appeal of the seven co-defendant's was decided by the High Court in Dar es Salaam. The High Court acquitted all seven men, ruling that the trial court had erred by finding that the men were generally guilty, when the prosecution's circumstantial case was insufficient to establish the guilt of the men beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Baghdad and others freed too late by High court, By Keregero Keregero, Guardian (United Republic of Tanzania), March 23, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/03/23/86899.html
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Ashura Lyema

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tanzania

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Dar es Salaam

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Baghdad and others freed too late by High court, By Keregero Keregero, Guardian (United Republic of Tanzania), March 23, 2007"

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http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/03/23/86899.html

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