Wrongly Convicted Database Record

 

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(Name unknown) Norway

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

5 years 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

3.75

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Norway

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"In 1994 a Colombian was sentenced to five years and six months in prison for a drugs offence which he did not commit. He was awarded NOK 3.5 million compensation on March 2, 2001. The conversion rate on March 2, 2001 was NOK1 to 0.113623 USD. So NOK 3.5 million was the equivalen of US$397,681."

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Compensation Awarded:

"NOK 3.5 million (March 2001) (Equivalen of US$397,681)"

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Norway - Colombian Wins Compensation Over Wrongful Drug Offence Conviction, IPR Strategic Business Information Database, March 4, 2001."

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