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Pakistani man Shahid

 

Charge:

False Information about Existence of Bomb

Sentence:

10 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Hong Kong

County or Region of Crime:

Hong Kong

City of Crime:

Hong Kong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Shahid, a Pakistani man working in Hong Kong."

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Shahid's conviction based on his guilty plea was overturned on appeal because of multiple mistranlationos of what he was charged with and what he wasn't told he had the option to plead not guilty.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Bomb scare conviction quashed after errors by prosecution, Aby Austin Chiu (staff), Sough China Morning Post, August 17, 2013"

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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1297287/bomb-scare-conviction-quashed-after-errors-prosecution

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