Samina Malik

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Charge:	"Terrorism (providing material support, e.g, 10 U.S.C. § 950t(25))"
Sentence:	9 months suspended
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Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Samina Malik was wrongly convicted in December 2007 of storing material likely to be of use for terrorism. Malik, 24, was the first woman to be found guilty of violating Section 58 of the UK's Terrorism Act of 2000. She was sentenced to a 9 month suspended sentence. Describing herself as the 'lyrical terrorist' because of the poetry glorifying terrorism that she wrote on the back of some receipts at the shop where she worked, The 24-year-old Malik said she called herself the lyrical terrorist because she thought it sounded cool, and she denied she was an actual terrorist. After her conviction free speech activists in England described her crime as being one of thought crime. However, Section 58 only criminalizes actions intended to provide assistance or further terrorism, On June 17, 2008 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed her conviction on the basis that her writings and the documents in her possession did not constitute a violation of Section 58. She was ordered released from custody without a retrial. She was jailed for about six months prior to her trial."
Conviction Caused By:	The jury confused her writings glorifying terrorism with the commission or advocacy of actual acts of terrorism.
Innocence Proved By:	"On June 17, 2008 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed her conviction on the basis that her writings and the documents in her possession did not constitute a violation of Section 58. She was ordered released from custody without a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Middle eastern roots
Information Source 1:	"Wicked thoughts are not a crime – yet, Telegraph (London), June 19, 2008"
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Information Source 2:	"Lyrical terrorist' has conviction quashed, Guardian (London), June 17, 2008"
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Samina Malik

Charge:

"Terrorism (providing material support, e.g, 10 U.S.C. § 950t(25))"

Sentence:

9 months suspended

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The jury confused her writings glorifying terrorism with the commission or advocacy of actual acts of terrorism.

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 17, 2008 the UK's Court of Appeal quashed her conviction on the basis that her writings and the documents in her possession did not constitute a violation of Section 58. She was ordered released from custody without a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Middle eastern roots

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"Wicked thoughts are not a crime – yet, Telegraph (London), June 19, 2008"

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"Lyrical terrorist' has conviction quashed, Guardian (London), June 17, 2008"

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