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Pollycarpus Priyanto

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

14 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Indonesia

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Pollycarpus Priyanto was wrongly convicted in December 2005 of murdering prominent rights activist Munir Thalib by serving him a glass of poisoned orange juice during a flight to Amsterdam in September 2004. Priyanto is a pilot for whose conviction was quashed in October 2006 by Indonesia's Supreme Court due to a lack of evidence.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Priyanto's conviction was quashed in October 2006 by Indonesia's Supreme Court due to a lack of evidence.

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Munir murder conviction quashed, Turkish Weekly, October 6, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=39643

Information Source 2:

"Munir murder conviction quashed, BBC News, October 4, 2006"

Information Location 2:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5405952.stm

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