Siosifa Koloti Seluini

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Charge:	Perjury
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tonga
County or Region of Crime:	Hakau
City of Crime:	Fasi
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Siosifa Koloti Seluini was wrongly convicted on March 18, 2010 of perjury in Tonga. The prosecution of Siosifa Seluini was based on him allegedly testifying falsely during a hearing in the Fasi Magistrate's Court on February 5, 2008. On July 14, 2010 the Court of Appeal of Tonga quashed Seluini's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed perjury."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 14, 2010 the Court of Appeal of Tonga quashed Seluini's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed perjury."
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Information Source 1:	Seluini v Rex [2010] TOCA 4; AC 04 of 2010 (14 July 2010) (Quashing perjury conviction)
Information Location 1:	http://www.paclii.org/to/cases/TOCA/2010/4.html
Information Source 2:	Crown v Seluni [2010] TOSC 11; CR 189 of 2008 (18 March 2010) (Convicting Seluni of perjury.)
Information Location 2:	http://www.paclii.org/to/cases/TOSC/2010/11.html
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Siosifa Koloti Seluini

Charge:

Perjury

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tonga

County or Region of Crime:

Hakau

City of Crime:

Fasi

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 14, 2010 the Court of Appeal of Tonga quashed Seluini's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed perjury."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

Seluini v Rex [2010] TOCA 4; AC 04 of 2010 (14 July 2010) (Quashing perjury conviction)

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http://www.paclii.org/to/cases/TOCA/2010/4.html

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Crown v Seluni [2010] TOSC 11; CR 189 of 2008 (18 March 2010) (Convicting Seluni of perjury.)

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http://www.paclii.org/to/cases/TOSC/2010/11.html

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