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AL S

 

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

4 years & 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

1.1

Year Crime:

1974

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Merewether

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"A.L.S. was wrongly convicted on November 17, 2011 of sexually assaulting his former step-daughter in 1974 and 1975. His conviction was based on the testimony of his accuser. A.L.S. was sentenced on February 22, 2012 to an overal term of imprisonment of 4 years six months, with a non-parole period of two years. On March 25, 2013 the New South Wales Court of Appeals reversed ALS' convictions based on new video evidence undermining the credibility of his accuser."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On March 25, 2013 the New South Wales Court of Appeals reversed ALS' convictions based on new video evidence undermining the credibility of his accuser."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

ALS v R [2013] NSWCCA 63 (25 March 2013)

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http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2013/63.html

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