Andy Melaan

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	24 years
Years Imprisoned:	8
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Netherlands Antilles
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Bonaire
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Andy Melaan and Nozai Thomas were wrongly convicted of the murder of two brothers on July 17, 2005 on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. Melaan was sentenced to 24 years and Thomas was sentenced to 8 years. After a reinvestigation of the case, Melaan and Thomas were aquitted after a retrial on November 14, 2013."
Conviction Caused By:	"False confession by Nozai Thomas and codefendant Macho W, who received an 18 year prison sentence."
Innocence Proved By:	"Melaan and Thomas were aquitted after a retrial on November 14, 2013."
Defendant Aided By:	Knoops Innocence Project
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Melaan and Thomas acquitted of murder in Spelonk trial, Amigoe.com/english/, November 15, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.amigoe.com/english/169302-melaan-and-thomas-acquitted-of-murder-in-spelonk-trial
Information Source 2:	"Yet justice for Andy Melaan and Nozai Thomas?, By Truth Finder, Waarheidsvinding.com, June 10, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.waarheidsvinding.com/?p=4639
Information Source 3:	"Two wrongfully convicted man exonerated on Bonaire (Dutch Antilles), Knoops.info, November 20, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.knoops.info/en/news/198-two-wrongfully-convicted-man-exonerated-on-bonaire-dutch-antilles
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Andy Melaan

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

24 years

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Netherlands Antilles

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Bonaire

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"False confession by Nozai Thomas and codefendant Macho W, who received an 18 year prison sentence."

Innocence Proved By:

"Melaan and Thomas were aquitted after a retrial on November 14, 2013."

Defendant Aided By:

Knoops Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Melaan and Thomas acquitted of murder in Spelonk trial, Amigoe.com/english/, November 15, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://www.amigoe.com/english/169302-melaan-and-thomas-acquitted-of-murder-in-spelonk-trial

Information Source 2:

"Yet justice for Andy Melaan and Nozai Thomas?, By Truth Finder, Waarheidsvinding.com, June 10, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.waarheidsvinding.com/?p=4639

Information Source 3:

"Two wrongfully convicted man exonerated on Bonaire (Dutch Antilles), Knoops.info, November 20, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.knoops.info/en/news/198-two-wrongfully-convicted-man-exonerated-on-bonaire-dutch-antilles

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