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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
3 |
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Year Convicted: |
2003 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pakistan |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Malik Taj Mohammad was wrongly convicted in 2003 of murdering a woman who he insisted was alive. Sentenced to life in prison, he was released in July 2006 after three years of wrongful imprisonment when the woman, Malkani Bibi, was found alive in a Pakistani jail, having served two years of a jail sentence for theft. Authorities discovered Bibi's whereabouts based on information that Malik Taj Mohammad provided. Officials announced that Mohammad would be awarded compensation." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Alleged murder victim found alive. |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Pakistani freed after murder victim found alive, Scotsman (Glasgow, Scotland) news, July 25, 2006" |
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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1081562006 |
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"The best grounds on which to free a convicted murderer, Vancouver Sun, July 28, 2006" |
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=f5026396-1066-4f1d-866d-2d79c1220f15 |
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