Rupeni Naisoro

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Fiji
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Tailevu
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Rupeni Naisoro and Sainivalati Ramuwai were co-defendants wrongly convicted in 2007 of the murder of Navneet Kumar, 17, in Tailevu, Fiji. Their convictions were based on Ramuwai's confession. Ramuwai and Naisoro were both sentenced to life in prison on May 16, 2007. On March 23, 2012 Fiji's Court of Appeal quashed the the conviction and sentence of Ramuwai and Naisoro and ordered that a verdict of not guilty be entered."
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Innocence Proved By:
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Ramuwai v State [2012] FJCA 21; AAU0081.07 & AAU0081.08 (23 March 2012)
Information Location 1:	http://www.paclii.org/fj/cases/FJCA/2012/21.html
Information Source 2:	"A miscarriage of justice, By Mary Rauto (staff), The Fiji Times, March 24, 2012"
Information Location 2:	http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196773
Information Source 3:	"Sweet Freedom, By Mary Rauto (staff), The Fiji Times, March 24, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196772
Information Source 4:	"Duo walks free, wrongly charged, By Siteri Sauvakacolo (staff), Fiji Sun, March 29, 2012"
Information Location 4:	http://www.fijisun.com.fj/2012/03/29/duo-walks-free-wrongly-charged/
Information Source 5:	"State v Senivalati Ramuwai and Rupeni Naisoro, No. HAC 033 of 2007 (High Court of Fiji at Suva), May 16, 2007 (sentencing hearing)"
Information Location 5:	http://lawfiji.com/judgements/pdf/2007_Judgements/2007_High_Court_Trials/State_v_Senivalati_Ramuwai_and_Rupeni_Naisoro_HAC033S.05S.pdf
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Rupeni Naisoro

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Fiji

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Tailevu

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Ramuwai v State [2012] FJCA 21; AAU0081.07 & AAU0081.08 (23 March 2012)

Information Location 1:

http://www.paclii.org/fj/cases/FJCA/2012/21.html

Information Source 2:

"A miscarriage of justice, By Mary Rauto (staff), The Fiji Times, March 24, 2012"

Information Location 2:

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196773

Information Source 3:

"Sweet Freedom, By Mary Rauto (staff), The Fiji Times, March 24, 2012"

Information Location 3:

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=196772

Information Source 4:

"Duo walks free, wrongly charged, By Siteri Sauvakacolo (staff), Fiji Sun, March 29, 2012"

Information Location 4:

http://www.fijisun.com.fj/2012/03/29/duo-walks-free-wrongly-charged/

Information Source 5:

"State v Senivalati Ramuwai and Rupeni Naisoro, No. HAC 033 of 2007 (High Court of Fiji at Suva), May 16, 2007 (sentencing hearing)"

Information Location 5:

http://lawfiji.com/judgements/pdf/2007_Judgements/2007_High_Court_Trials/State_v_Senivalati_Ramuwai_and_Rupeni_Naisoro_HAC033S.05S.pdf

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