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Mohammed Yusef Patel

 

Charge:

Obstruction of Justice

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1990

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Mohammed Yusef Patel was wrongly convicted of prejudicing an international drug investigation. The sole evidence against Mohammed Patelhim was an alleged confession that turned out to have been fabricated by the police. The appeals court reversed his conviction after learning that a scientific analysis of the statement he gave to the police showed that the part of it that was incriminating had been re-written after he signed it.

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Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

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