Younis Masih

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	15 year minimum
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	Coventry
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Younis Masih
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 25, 2015 the Court of Appeals quashed Masih's conviction on the basis there was no evidence the deceased person's death from a fall wasn't an accident, so there was insufficient evidence Masih committed a crime and the case shouldn't have been submitted to the jury."
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Age When Imprisoned:	38
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"Younis Masih's conviction for murdering Edwin Mazorodze quashed, By Staff Writer, BBC News (Coventry & Warwickshire section), March 25. 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32058628
Information Source 2:	"Hillfields murder conviction OVERTURNED as judge says balcony death plunge case should never have gone before a jury, By Agency Staff, Coventry Telegraph, March 25, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/hillfields-murder-conviction-overturned-judge-8914297
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Younis Masih

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

15 year minimum

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Coventry

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Younis Masih

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 25, 2015 the Court of Appeals quashed Masih's conviction on the basis there was no evidence the deceased person's death from a fall wasn't an accident, so there was insufficient evidence Masih committed a crime and the case shouldn't have been submitted to the jury."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

38

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"Younis Masih's conviction for murdering Edwin Mazorodze quashed, By Staff Writer, BBC News (Coventry & Warwickshire section), March 25. 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32058628

Information Source 2:

"Hillfields murder conviction OVERTURNED as judge says balcony death plunge case should never have gone before a jury, By Agency Staff, Coventry Telegraph, March 25, 2015"

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http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/hillfields-murder-conviction-overturned-judge-8914297

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