Draza Mihailovic

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	Death and Executed
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Year Crime:	1945
Year Convicted:	1946
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Serbia
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City of Crime:	Belgrade
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously
Summary of Case:	"General Dragoljub Mihailovic, also known as Draza Mihailovic, was a Serbian guerrilla commander convicted of treason by Communists in July 1946 for his collaboration with Nazis during World War II. Mihailovic was sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad. In 1941 Mihailovic was a Yugoslav royal army officer when he launched a resistance movement against German occupation. As fighting against the Axis Powers devolved into a bitter civil war, Mihailovic turned against communist guerrillas led by Josip Broz Tito. In 1946, with Tito in control of postwar Yugoslavia, Mihailovic was captured and tried. He was found guilty of war crimes, collaborating with the Axis Powers, and agreeing a cease-fire with the Nazis. Mihailovic was reportedly shot on Belgrade's Ada Island and buried in an unmarked grave. In 1948, U.S. President Harry Truman posthumously awarded Mihailovic the Legion of Merit for his role in rescuing hundreds of U.S. airmen downed by the Nazis over Serbia. In 2010, Mihailovic's grandson, Vojislav, petitioned the courts for his legal rehabilitation, arguing that Mihailovic had fought Nazis, communists, and Nazi collaborators until the Allied victory. On May 14, 2015 the Higher Court of Belgrade postumously rehabilitated Mihailovic by ruling his convictions are "null and void." The ruling is final and cannot be appealed."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 14, 2015 the Higher Court of Belgrade postumously rehabilitated Mihailovic by ruling his convictions are "null and void." The ruling is final and cannot be appealed."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Serb court voids treason conviction of WWII general, By Associated Press, May 14, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3081380/Serb-court-quashes-treason-conviction-WWII-general.html
Information Source 2:	"Serbian Court Quashes Treason Conviction Of WWII General, By Tony Wesolowsky, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, May 14, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-court-general-wwii-mihailovic-conviction-quashed/27016494.html
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Draza Mihailovic

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1945

Year Convicted:

1946

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Serbia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Belgrade

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 14, 2015 the Higher Court of Belgrade postumously rehabilitated Mihailovic by ruling his convictions are "null and void." The ruling is final and cannot be appealed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Serb court voids treason conviction of WWII general, By Associated Press, May 14, 2015"

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3081380/Serb-court-quashes-treason-conviction-WWII-general.html

Information Source 2:

"Serbian Court Quashes Treason Conviction Of WWII General, By Tony Wesolowsky, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, May 14, 2015"

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http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-court-general-wwii-mihailovic-conviction-quashed/27016494.html

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