Akosua Nimo

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ghana
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Accra
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Akosua Nimo was an 85-year-old frail and partially blind woman wrongly convicted of possession Indian hemp. Nimo was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Nimo appealed, and on July 26, 2011 her conviction was overturned and and she was acquitted by the Accra Fast Track High Court on the ground that there was insufficient evidence she was in possession of the hemp. She was to be released from the Nsawam Prison where she was incarcerated. Also convicted were her husband and another person, but their appeals had not yet been decided."
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction overturned and acquitted by the Accra Fact Track High Court on the ground that there was insufficient evidence she was in possession of the hemp.
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Age When Imprisoned:	85
Age When Released:	85
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Grandma 85, freed from 10years jail, By Ivy Benson (staff), The Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana), July 27, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/news/other-news/grandma-85-freed-from-10years-jail/
Information Source 2:	"When an 85-year old granny is jailed 10 years, Editorial, The Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana), July 27, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/editorial/when-an-85-year-old-granny-is-jailed-10-years/
Information Source 3:	"Ghana: Grandma 85, Freed From 10years Jail, By Ivy Benson, Ghanaian Chronicle, July 27, 2011"
Information Location 3:	http://allafrica.com/stories/201107280010.html
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Akosua Nimo

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ghana

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Accra

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction overturned and acquitted by the Accra Fact Track High Court on the ground that there was insufficient evidence she was in possession of the hemp.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

85

Age When Released:

85

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Grandma 85, freed from 10years jail, By Ivy Benson (staff), The Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana), July 27, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/news/other-news/grandma-85-freed-from-10years-jail/

Information Source 2:

"When an 85-year old granny is jailed 10 years, Editorial, The Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana), July 27, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/editorial/when-an-85-year-old-granny-is-jailed-10-years/

Information Source 3:

"Ghana: Grandma 85, Freed From 10years Jail, By Ivy Benson, Ghanaian Chronicle, July 27, 2011"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201107280010.html

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