Irfan Raja

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Charge:	Terrorism
Sentence:	2 years youth detention
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"One of the "Intoxicated Five," five young men convicted by a jury in 2007 of engaging in terrorism for downloading information about terrorism and reading jihadi related blogs. Their sentences ranged from two years in youth detention to three years in prison. On February 12, 2008, the UK's court of appeal quashed their convictions and ordered that they not be retried, ruling that they had no intent to violate Section 57 of the 2000 Terrorism Act. They were released after almost two years of detention in custody."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 12, 2008, the UK's court of appeal quashed their convictions and ordered that they not be retried, ruling that they had no intent to violate Section 57 of the 2000 Terrorism Act."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	[2008] ewca crim 184 (02-13-2008)
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/13_02_08beaumont.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Five freed after terror convictions quashed, Vikram Dodd (Crime correspondent), Guardian (UK), February 13, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/13/uksecurity?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Information Source 3:	"Schoolboy note that led to terror arrests, BBC News, February 13, 2008"
Information Location 3:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7242724.stm
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Irfan Raja

Charge:

Terrorism

Sentence:

2 years youth detention

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 12, 2008, the UK's court of appeal quashed their convictions and ordered that they not be retried, ruling that they had no intent to violate Section 57 of the 2000 Terrorism Act."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

[2008] ewca crim 184 (02-13-2008)

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/13_02_08beaumont.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Five freed after terror convictions quashed, Vikram Dodd (Crime correspondent), Guardian (UK), February 13, 2008"

Information Location 2:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/13/uksecurity?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Information Source 3:

"Schoolboy note that led to terror arrests, BBC News, February 13, 2008"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7242724.stm

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