South African Man

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	2001
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Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Africa
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of the March 2001 rape of a 15-year-old girl, based solely on the girl's testimony. The man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On May 31, 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal quashed the man's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis that the alleged victim's identification of the man was unreliable."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 31, 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal quashed the man's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis that the alleged victim's identification of the man was unreliable."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man's rape conviction overturned on appeal, Citizen.co.za (Johannesburg, South Africa), June 1, 2007"
Information Location 1:	"http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=40208,1,22"
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South African Man

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Africa

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 31, 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal quashed the man's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis that the alleged victim's identification of the man was unreliable."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Man's rape conviction overturned on appeal, Citizen.co.za (Johannesburg, South Africa), June 1, 2007"

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"http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=40208,1,22"

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