Eilon Mass

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Charge:	Unlawful assembly
Sentence:	12 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vanuatu
County or Region of Crime:	Espiritu Santo
City of Crime:	Velit Bay
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Eilon Mass was wrongly convicted in August 2015 of unlawful assembly and inciting and soliciting theft on September 21, 2014 in Velit Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Mass was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. Mass appealed. On April 15, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Eilon Mass' convictions on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on Mass to establish he wasn't guilty."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 15, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Eilon Mass' convictions on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on Mass to establish he wasn't guilty."
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Information Source 1:	"Mass v Public Prosecutor [2016] VUCA 11; Criminal Appeal 15-8 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, April 15, 2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"
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Eilon Mass

Charge:

Unlawful assembly

Sentence:

12 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vanuatu

County or Region of Crime:

Espiritu Santo

City of Crime:

Velit Bay

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 15, 2016 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Eilon Mass' convictions on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and the trial judge placed an onus on Mass to establish he wasn't guilty."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Mass v Public Prosecutor [2016] VUCA 11; Criminal Appeal 15-8 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, April 15, 2016) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"

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http://www.paclii.org/vu/cases/VUCA/2016/11.html

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