Kelera Marama

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Fiji
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kelera Marama was co-defendant of Alesi Nalave. Both women pressured by the police into confessing to a June 2004 murder. Their trial ruled the confessions would be admissible and the women pled guilty. The attempted to withdraw their guilty pleas, claiming they were false, but after the court denied their motion they were both sentenced to life in prison. The Court of Appeal ruled in October 2008 that the women experienced a miscarriage of justice and quashed their convictions, because "The circumstances in which the appellants pleaded guilty raise serious doubts in our minds about the genuineness of their guilt.""
Conviction Caused By:	Police pressured false confession.
Innocence Proved By:	"The Court of Appeal ruled in October 2008 that the women's experienced a miscarriage of justice and quashed their convictions, because "The circumstances in which the appellants pleaded guilty raise serious doubts in our minds about the genuineness of their guilt.""
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Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Judges order retrial in murder case, The Fiji Times, October 28, 2008"
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Kelera Marama

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Fiji

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police pressured false confession.

Innocence Proved By:

"The Court of Appeal ruled in October 2008 that the women's experienced a miscarriage of justice and quashed their convictions, because "The circumstances in which the appellants pleaded guilty raise serious doubts in our minds about the genuineness of their guilt.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

22

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Female

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"Judges order retrial in murder case, The Fiji Times, October 28, 2008"

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http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=104784

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