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Vanance Nuba

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tanzania

County or Region of Crime:

Shinyanga

City of Crime:

Bukombe

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Vanance Nuba and Tegemeo Paul were codefendants wrongly convicted of murder in Tanzania.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In December 2014 Tanzania's Court of Appeal vacated the defendants conviction and ordered their immediate release on the basis of unreliable eyewitness identification.

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Tanzania: Court Quashes Two Murderers' Death Sentences, By Staff, Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam), December 26, 2014"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201412290618.html

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