Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Explosives Offense (possessing, providing, or making explosives)" |
Sentence: |
14 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.75 |
Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Pakistan |
County or Region of Crime: |
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
City of Crime: |
Kulachi |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Mumtaz wrongly convicted of explosives charges in Pakistan and sentenced to 14 years in prison. In January 2015 the Peshawar High Court acquitted Mumtaz on the basis of insufficient evidence and inconsistency in the lower court's verdict because his co-defendant (who was his brother) had been acquitted based on the same evidence. |
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In January 2015 the Peshawar High Court acquitted Mumtaz on the basis of insufficient evidence and inconsistency in the lower court's verdict because his co-defendant (who was his brother) had been acquitted based on the same evidence. |
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"Loopholes in police investigation allow cases to slip through, By Noorwali Shah, The Express Tribune (with the International New York Times), February 2, 2015" |
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/831304/loopholes-in-police-investigation-allow-cases-to-slip-through/ |
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