Shafqat Emmanuel Masih

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Charge:	Blasphemy
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2021
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
County or Region of Crime:	Punjab
City of Crime:	Toba Tek Singh
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Shafqat Emmanuel and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, were wrongly convicted in 2014 of blasphemy for allegedly sending derogatory remarks about the Muslim prophet Mohammed in a text message to another man, Khalid Maqsood. After their conviction in the central Pakistan town of Toba Tek Singh, the couple were sentenced to death. On June 3, 2021 the Lahore High Court acquitted the couple on the basis the prosecution had not presented sufficient evidence to prove their guilt. A week after the verdict the couple had not yet been released, but their lawyer said that Muslims in Pakistan were advocating for the Christian couple to be killed upon their release."
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Information Source 1:	"Pakistani court overturns death row Christian couple's blasphemy conviction, By Reuters (Lahore, Pakistan), CNN.com, June 4, 2021 "
Information Location 1:	https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-conviction-overturned-intl-hnk/index.html
Information Source 2:	"Extremists accused of inciting millions to hunt down Christian couple, By John Pontifex, Independent Catholic News, June 11, 2021"
Information Location 2:	https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/42400
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Shafqat Emmanuel Masih

Charge:

Blasphemy

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2021

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

Punjab

City of Crime:

Toba Tek Singh

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 3, 2021 the Lahore High Court acquitted the couple on the basis the prosecution had not presented sufficient evidence to prove their guilt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Information Source 1:

"Pakistani court overturns death row Christian couple's blasphemy conviction, By Reuters (Lahore, Pakistan), CNN.com, June 4, 2021 "

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-conviction-overturned-intl-hnk/index.html

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"Extremists accused of inciting millions to hunt down Christian couple, By John Pontifex, Independent Catholic News, June 11, 2021"

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https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/42400

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