Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Treason |
Sentence: |
32 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
13.67 |
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Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Namibia |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Boster Mubuyaeta Samuele was wrongly convicted o high treason, murder, and attempted murder " |
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"On August 22, 2016 the Namibia Supreme Court set aside Samuele's treason conviction and ordered a permanent stay of prosecution against him. Likanyi was immediately released after 13 years and eight months in custody." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
34 |
Age When Released: |
48 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Freedom for high treason accused after 14 years, By Werner Menges, The Namibian, August 24, 2016, pg. 5" |
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http://www.namibian.com.na/154823/archive-read/Freedom-for-high-treason-accused-after-14-years |
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