Zachariah Malulika

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Charge:	Rape of Child
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zambia
County or Region of Crime:	Lusaka
City of Crime:	Lusaka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Zachariah Malulika was wrongly convicted of raping a 5-year-old girl on February 23, 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia when he was 79-years-old. The prosecution's case was based on hearsay testimony by the girl's mother of what the girl allegedly told her. After his conviction in the Lusaka High Court Malulika was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In August 2013 Malulika's conviction and 15 year sentence were quashed by Zambia's Supreme Court based on the lack of evidence corroborating the mother's hearsay testimony her daughter had been defiled."
Conviction Caused By:	Lack of evidence corroborating the mother's hearsay testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	Zachariah Malulika's conviction and 15 year sentence were quashed by Zambia's Supreme Court based on the lack of evidence corroborating the mother's hearsay testimony her daughter had been defiled.
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Age When Imprisoned:	77
Age When Released:	79
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Appellant abandons case, By Sylvia Mweetwa (staff), Times of Zambia, August 18, 2013"
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Zachariah Malulika

Charge:

Rape of Child

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zambia

County or Region of Crime:

Lusaka

City of Crime:

Lusaka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Lack of evidence corroborating the mother's hearsay testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

Zachariah Malulika's conviction and 15 year sentence were quashed by Zambia's Supreme Court based on the lack of evidence corroborating the mother's hearsay testimony her daughter had been defiled.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

77

Age When Released:

79

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

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"Appellant abandons case, By Sylvia Mweetwa (staff), Times of Zambia, August 18, 2013"

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http://www.times.co.zm/?p=27305

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