18-year-old New Zealander

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in August 2006 of allegedly raping a girl in 2005 when he was 18 years old. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment. In September 2007, New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was not just insufficient evidence of his guilt, but there was insufficent evidence the crimes even occurred. The acquitted man's name wasn't publicly disclosed because he was a teenager."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by the victim
Innocence Proved By:	"In September 2007, New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was not just insufficient evidence of his guilt, but there was insufficent evidence the crimes even occurred. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	19
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Teen convicted of raping 7-year-old acquited, New Zealand Lawyer, September 12, 2007"
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18-year-old New Zealander

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by the victim

Innocence Proved By:

"In September 2007, New Zealand's Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was not just insufficient evidence of his guilt, but there was insufficent evidence the crimes even occurred. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

19

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Teen convicted of raping 7-year-old acquited, New Zealand Lawyer, September 12, 2007"

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4198274a12855.html

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