Richard Makela

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Charge:	Hate Crime - speech only
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	France
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Richard Makela was a French rapper wrongly convicted on July 2, 2008 in Paris of racial insults and public incitement to discrimination, hatred or racial violence in the lyrics of a song. On February 3, 2009 France's Supreme Court Criminal Division vacated the conviction of Richard Makela in appeal No. 08-85220."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 3, 2009 France's Supreme Court Criminal Division vacated the conviction of Richard Makela in appeal No. 08-85220."
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Information Source 1:	"French Free Speech Victory, By Andrew Harrod, frontpagemag.com, January 26, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/andrew-harrod/french-free-speech-victory/
Information Source 2:	"Supreme Court Criminal Division Public Hearing February 3, 2009 No. appeal: 08-85220"
Information Location 2:	http://www.juritravail.com/jurisprudence/JURITEXT000020320837.html
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Richard Makela

Charge:

Hate Crime - speech only

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

France

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 3, 2009 France's Supreme Court Criminal Division vacated the conviction of Richard Makela in appeal No. 08-85220."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"French Free Speech Victory, By Andrew Harrod, frontpagemag.com, January 26, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/andrew-harrod/french-free-speech-victory/

Information Source 2:

"Supreme Court Criminal Division Public Hearing February 3, 2009 No. appeal: 08-85220"

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http://www.juritravail.com/jurisprudence/JURITEXT000020320837.html

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