Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Death |
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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. |
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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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