Mile Novakovic

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Charge:	War Crimes (incl. Crimes Against Humanity)
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Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Croatia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of war crimes in Serbia based on his mistaken identity of being a General with the same name. Novakovic was a colonel. Arrested in September 2003, eight years after being sentenced in abstentia, and 12 years after being convicted in 1991. The mistake was realized after his arrest, and Novakovic was released within four days."
Conviction Caused By:	Mistaken identity by the prosecution.
Innocence Proved By:	Charges dropped after it was realized Novakovic had wrongly been convicted of war crimes actually attributed to a Serbian General with the same name.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Zagreb Admits it Accused Wrong Mile Novakovic, Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 29, 2003."
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Mile Novakovic

Charge:

War Crimes (incl. Crimes Against Humanity)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Croatia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Mistaken identity by the prosecution.

Innocence Proved By:

Charges dropped after it was realized Novakovic had wrongly been convicted of war crimes actually attributed to a Serbian General with the same name.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Zagreb Admits it Accused Wrong Mile Novakovic, Serbia and Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 29, 2003."

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http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Bilteni/Engleski/b290903_e.html#N6

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