Bill Sampson

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Saudi Arabia
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City of Crime:
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Bill Sampson was a Canadian wrongly convicted of being involved in a bombing in Saudi Arabia, along with the Saudi Six. Pardoned on August 8, 2003 and immediately deported to the UK."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession after being tortured.
Innocence Proved By:	Granted Executive Clemency by the Saudi government
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Greed and torture at the House of Saud, Staff, The Observer, Nov. 24, 2002 "
Information Location 1:	"http://observer.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4553603,00.html"
Information Source 2:	"Saudis release eight Westerners jailed in bombings, Ed Johnson, AP London, August 9, 2003"
Information Location 2:	http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=saudifree09&date=20030809&query=cottle
Information Source 3:	"Saudis free bomb blast Britons, Staff and Agencies, The Guardian, London UK, August 8, 2003"
Information Location 3:	"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1014880,00.html"
Information Source 4:	"The men who were imprisoned, Staff, The Guardian, London UK, August 9, 2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1015137,00.html"
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Bill Sampson

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Saudi Arabia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Bill Sampson was a Canadian wrongly convicted of being involved in a bombing in Saudi Arabia, along with the Saudi Six. Pardoned on August 8, 2003 and immediately deported to the UK."

Conviction Caused By:

False confession after being tortured.

Innocence Proved By:

Granted Executive Clemency by the Saudi government

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Greed and torture at the House of Saud, Staff, The Observer, Nov. 24, 2002 "

Information Location 1:

"http://observer.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4553603,00.html"

Information Source 2:

"Saudis release eight Westerners jailed in bombings, Ed Johnson, AP London, August 9, 2003"

Information Location 2:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=saudifree09&date=20030809&query=cottle

Information Source 3:

"Saudis free bomb blast Britons, Staff and Agencies, The Guardian, London UK, August 8, 2003"

Information Location 3:

"http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1014880,00.html"

Information Source 4:

"The men who were imprisoned, Staff, The Guardian, London UK, August 9, 2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1015137,00.html"

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