James Mathokgwane

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.3
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Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Botswana
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted after a bench trial in the fall of 2007 of raping a 9-year-old girl, even though she failed to identify him as her attacker in open court when she testified. James Mathokgwane was sentenced on June 10, 2008 to 10 years in prison. On September 24, 2008 Mathokgwane's conviction was overturned by the High Court in Lobatse. He was imprisoned from the first part of June 2008 until late September 2008, almost 4 months."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 24, 2008 Mathokgwane's conviction was overturned by the High Court in Lobatse."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Mathokgwane Acquitted, By Oliver Modise, The Reporter (Gaborone, Botswana), September 25, 2008"
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James Mathokgwane

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Botswana

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 24, 2008 Mathokgwane's conviction was overturned by the High Court in Lobatse."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Mathokgwane Acquitted, By Oliver Modise, The Reporter (Gaborone, Botswana), September 25, 2008"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200809260134.html

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