Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder and Rape |
Sentence: |
Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
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Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Tanzania |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Hassan Mohamed Mtepeka was wrongly convicted in February 2004 of raping and murdering his 10-year-old daughter in April 2001. Tanzania's Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and death sentence in October 2006. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Tanzania's Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and death sentence in October 2006. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Appellate court quashes Lindi death sentence, by Faustine Kapama, Tanzania Standard Sunday News, October 26, 2006" |
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http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/news.php?id=4196 |
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