Gunalan Meganathan

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malaysia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Gunalan Meganathan was co-defendant of his brother, T. Meganathan. The brothers were wrongly convicted of assaulting a man in November 2006. During their December 15, 2006 trial in the Sessions Court both defendants testified on their behalf, but neither was cross-examined by the prosecution. Gunalan was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and his brother T. was sentenced to six months imprisonment. The Meganathan brothers appealed and their convictions were overturned on May 17, 2007, because the failure of the prosecution to cross-examine them meant that their defense was unchallenged and in and of itself that created reasonable doubt of their guilt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Both defendants appealed and their convictions were overturned on May 17, 2007, because the failure of the prosecution to cross-examine them meant that their defense was unchallenged and in and of itself that created reasonable doubt of their guilt."
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Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Prosecution blunder frees duo, By : Melissa Darlyne Chow, The New Straits Times (Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia), May 18, 2007"
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Gunalan Meganathan

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malaysia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Both defendants appealed and their convictions were overturned on May 17, 2007, because the failure of the prosecution to cross-examine them meant that their defense was unchallenged and in and of itself that created reasonable doubt of their guilt."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

34

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Prosecution blunder frees duo, By : Melissa Darlyne Chow, The New Straits Times (Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia), May 18, 2007"

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http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20070518074453/Article/index_html

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