Takudzwa 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 High Court judge 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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Takudzwa 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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