Josephat Wanjohi Mwangi

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kenya
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of murdering a woman in a hotel room in 2005 based solely on circumstantial evidence. Josephat Wanjohi Mwangi was sentenced to death. On October 9, 2008 Kenya's Court of Appeal reversed his conviction and death sentence on the basis that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt, because it could also be interpreted to support his innocence. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 9, 2008 Kenya's Court of Appeal reversed his conviction and death sentence on the basis that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt, because it could also be interpreted to support his innocence. "
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Josephat Wanjohi Mwangi v Republic [2008] eKLR (October 9, 2008)"
Information Location 1:	http://kenyalaw.org/Downloads_FreeCases/Criminal_Appeal_294_of_2007.pdf
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Josephat Wanjohi Mwangi

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kenya

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 9, 2008 Kenya's Court of Appeal reversed his conviction and death sentence on the basis that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt, because it could also be interpreted to support his innocence. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Josephat Wanjohi Mwangi v Republic [2008] eKLR (October 9, 2008)"

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http://kenyalaw.org/Downloads_FreeCases/Criminal_Appeal_294_of_2007.pdf

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