Raeleen Matewai Noyl Rameka

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life imprisonment with min. of 10 yrs 6 months
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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City of Crime:	Whanganui
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Raeleen Matewai Noyle Rameka was wrongly convicted of murder in 2009 in the beating death of Paul Kumeroa in Whanganui, New Zealand on September 25, 2008. Rameka was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum prison term of 10 years 6 months. Rameka was one of four codefendants convicted in the murder. In 2014 the Supreme Court of New Zealand quashed the convictions of Rameka and her codefendant Jamie Ngahuia Ahsin based on errors by the trial judge, and ordered their retrial. In 2015 Ahsin pled guilty to manslaughter. Rameka insisted she was innocent,and after her retrial a jury acquitted her on April 18, 2016."
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Innocence Proved By:	"After Rameka's retrial a jury acquitted her on April 18, 2016."
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"Rameka found not guilty in Whanganui manslaughter trial, By Kirsty Lawrence, Stuff.co.nz, April 18 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79022990/Jury-told-to-cast-aside-prejudice-towards-gangs-in-red-hoodie-manslaughter-trial
Information Source 2:	Ahsin and Rameka v The Queen [2014] NZSC 153 (30 October 2014) (Quashing convictions and ordering a retrial.)
Information Location 2:	http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZSC/2014/153.html?query=rameka
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Raeleen Matewai Noyl Rameka

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life imprisonment with min. of 10 yrs 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Whanganui

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"After Rameka's retrial a jury acquitted her on April 18, 2016."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

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Female

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Information Source 1:

"Rameka found not guilty in Whanganui manslaughter trial, By Kirsty Lawrence, Stuff.co.nz, April 18 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79022990/Jury-told-to-cast-aside-prejudice-towards-gangs-in-red-hoodie-manslaughter-trial

Information Source 2:

Ahsin and Rameka v The Queen [2014] NZSC 153 (30 October 2014) (Quashing convictions and ordering a retrial.)

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http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZSC/2014/153.html?query=rameka

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