Masaya Omichi

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	6.17
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Japan
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City of Crime:	Osaka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Masaya Omichi was wrongly convicted of murdering his 5-month old son who died in Osaka, Japan in February 2008. His son died as the consequences of a brain injury, and the only evidence relied on by the trial judge to find Omichi guilty was that he didn't immediately call the police after when it was estimated his son experienced his injury. Omichi denied harming his son and the trial court didn't take into consideration the infant could have accidentally struck his head. Omichi was sentenced to 15 years in prison. On April 30, 2014 the Osaka High Court overturned Omichi's conviction on the basis insufficient evidence supported his guilt, and ordered his immediate release from prison. Omichi was released later that day after 6 years and 2 months in custody."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Masaya Omichi's conviction was overturned on April 30, 2014 by the Osaka High Court that ordered his immediate release from prison."
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Father jailed for fatally abusing 5-month-old son 6 years ago exonerated, Staff Crime Writer, Japan Today, May 02, 2014"
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Masaya Omichi

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

6.17

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Osaka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Masaya Omichi's conviction was overturned on April 30, 2014 by the Osaka High Court that ordered his immediate release from prison."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Father jailed for fatally abusing 5-month-old son 6 years ago exonerated, Staff Crime Writer, Japan Today, May 02, 2014"

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http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/father-jailed-for-fatally-abusing-5-month-old-son-6-years-ago-exonerated

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