Musa Sani

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:	2008
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Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nigeria
County or Region of Crime:	Katsina
City of Crime:	Katsina
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Musa Sani was wrongly convicted of an armed robbery that allegedly occurred in May or June 2008 in Katsina, Nigeria. Sani and a codefendant, Ifanye Amah, allegedly at gunpoint robbed a man of N940,000 (Approx. US$4,725) and other items that included one computer set, two cameras and three mobile phones. Sani presented an alibi defense establishing he was at the Lunar Hotel, in Katsina att the time of the alleged robbery the "victim" told police occurred elsewhere. Sani his codefendant were convicted based on the testimony of the alleged victim, and they were both sentenced to death. Sani appealed, but his codefendant did not. After Nigeria's Court of Appeal affirmed Sani's conviction he appealed to the Supreme Court. On June 26, 2015 Nigeria's Supreme Court set-aside Sani's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable dout he was involved in the robbery. The Court also noted the irregularity of the alleged victim's testimony by failing to establish that he was actually robbed of N940,000, the source of the money, and he told police he was robbed on May 28, 2008, a Saturday, but it was proved that the robbery could only have taken place Wednesday, May 25, 2008. The Court said that the deficient police investigation failed to establish if a robbery had even occurred. Sani was ordered discharged immediately. The Court made no ruling on Amah's conviction because he had not yet appealed the judgment against him."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 26, 2015 Nigeria's Supreme Court set-aside Sani's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable dout he was involved in the robbery."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Supreme Court Sets Aside Convicted Armed Robber’s Death Sentence, By newsadmin2, The Street Journal (Lagos, Nigeria), June 26, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://thestreetjournal.org/2015/06/supreme-court-sets-aside-convicted-armed-robbers-death-sentence/
Information Source 2:	"Nigeria: Man Convicted for Armed Robbery Escapes Death By Whiskers, This Day (www.allafrica.com), June 26, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://allafrica.com/stories/201506280336.html
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Musa Sani

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nigeria

County or Region of Crime:

Katsina

City of Crime:

Katsina

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 26, 2015 Nigeria's Supreme Court set-aside Sani's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable dout he was involved in the robbery."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Supreme Court Sets Aside Convicted Armed Robber’s Death Sentence, By newsadmin2, The Street Journal (Lagos, Nigeria), June 26, 2015"

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http://thestreetjournal.org/2015/06/supreme-court-sets-aside-convicted-armed-robbers-death-sentence/

Information Source 2:

"Nigeria: Man Convicted for Armed Robbery Escapes Death By Whiskers, This Day (www.allafrica.com), June 26, 2015"

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http://allafrica.com/stories/201506280336.html

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