Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
Sentence: |
14 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
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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. |
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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" |
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http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=39643 |
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"Munir murder conviction quashed, BBC News, October 4, 2006" |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5405952.stm |
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