Setaimata Sa

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	250 hrs community service
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	New South Wales
City of Crime:	Wollongong
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Setaimata Sa was wrongly convicted after a three-day trial in 2008 of recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man during a February 2008 brawl in Wollongong, Australia. Sa contended he landed a single blow to a man in self-defense after the man had "shouldered" him. Sa testifed he entered the melee to aid a teammate and to act as a "peacemaker." Sa, a professional rugby player with the Sydney Roosters, was convicted and sentenced to 250 hours of community service. Sa appealed and his conviction was overturned on September 25, 2009 by Wollongong District Court Judge Paul Conlon, on the basis that Sa had acted reasonably in self-defense."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction overturned on September 25, 2009 by Wollongong District Court Judge Paul Conlon, on the basis that he had acted reasonably in self-defense."
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Information Source 1:	"Setaimata Sa's assault conviction quashed, By Courtney Trenwith, Illawarra Mercury, September 26, 2009"
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Setaimata Sa

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

250 hrs community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Wollongong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction overturned on September 25, 2009 by Wollongong District Court Judge Paul Conlon, on the basis that he had acted reasonably in self-defense."

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Male

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"Setaimata Sa's assault conviction quashed, By Courtney Trenwith, Illawarra Mercury, September 26, 2009"

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