Shuah Mudiwa

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Charge:	Kidnapping (incld. Abduction)
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
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Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zimbabwe
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City of Crime:	Mutare
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Shuah Mudiwa and his co-defendants, his brother Takudzwa Mudiwa and Patricia Chikide Mwashuma, were wrongly convicted in 2009 of kidnapping a 12-year-old boy in Mutare, Zimbabwe. They were sentenced to 7 years in prison. They appealed, and in December 2010 a panel of High Court judges overturned their conviction, ruling that the trial judge improperly shifted the burden of proof to the three defendants to prove their innocence. Shuah Mudiwa, who was a member of the Zimbabwe Parliament, spent two weeks at Mutare Remand Prison before being granted bail."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge improperly shifted the burden of proof to the three defendants to prove their innocence.
Innocence Proved By:	"In December 2010 a panel of High Court judges overturned their conviction, ruling that the trial judge improperly shifted the burden of proof to the three defendants to prove their innocence."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"MP Mudiwa’s kidnapping conviction quashed, By Feluna Nleya (staff), Newsday (Harare, Zimbabwe), December 7, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2010-12-07-mp-mudiwas-kidnapping-conviction-quashed
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Shuah Mudiwa

Charge:

Kidnapping (incld. Abduction)

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zimbabwe

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Mutare

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge improperly shifted the burden of proof to the three defendants to prove their innocence.

Innocence Proved By:

"In December 2010 a panel of High Court judges overturned their conviction, ruling that the trial judge improperly shifted the burden of proof to the three defendants to prove their innocence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"MP Mudiwa’s kidnapping conviction quashed, By Feluna Nleya (staff), Newsday (Harare, Zimbabwe), December 7, 2010"

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http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2010-12-07-mp-mudiwas-kidnapping-conviction-quashed

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