Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Rape |
Sentence: |
30 years |
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Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Tanzania |
County or Region of Crime: |
Manyara |
City of Crime: |
Babati |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Marekano Ramadhani |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In March 2015 Tanzania's High Court quashed Ramadhani's conviction and ordered his release on the basis the trial judge didn't specifically inform him that he was charged with statutory rape. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Tanzania: Man Wins Appeal of 30-Year Sentence, By Faustine Kapama, Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam), March 19, 2015" |
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201503191070.html |
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