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Alexander Schlesinger

 

Charge:

Customs Violation

Sentence:

"Fined £3,000"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Alexander Schlesinger was the co-defendant of Reginald Dunk. Both men were wrongfully convicted of attempting to smuggle 200 Sterling machine-guns to Iraq through Jordan. After his trial in 1985, when he falsely changed his plea to guilty after defense witnesses suddenly refused to testify on his behalf. His conviction was quashed in 1994 after it became known that the British government had pressured the embassies of Iraq and Jordan to deprive Mr. Dunk and Mr. Schlessinger of their witnesses by claiming diplomatic immunity. Dunk and Schlesinger were both awarded £125,000 in compensation in 1999 by England's Foreign Service."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"£125,000 in 1999."

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""A Study of the Role of the Judiciary in Implementing Government Policy in the UK""

Information Location 1:

http://www.vomit.cc/study.htm

Information Source 2:

"Pay-out for 'arms-to-Iraq' victim, BBC News, June 26, 1999."

Information Location 2:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_378000/378527.stm

Information Source 3:

""Wrongly-convicted arms dealer gets payout, BBC News, Dec. 9, 1999."

Information Location 3:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_556000/556461.stm

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