Nawaz Sharif

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
Sentence:	14 years
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Nawaz Sharif was wrongly convicted in July 2000 of illegally purchasing a helicopter in 1993 for his personal use while he was Pakistan's Prime Minister. Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and fined Rs 50 million (Pakistan Rupees) (The fine totaled US$958,500 at the exchange of =0.01917 Rs to the US$ in July 2000). A Pakistani court quashed and annulled his conviction and sentence on June 26, 2009."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Pakistani court quashed and annulled his conviction and sentence on June 26, 2009."
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Information Source 1:	"Pakistani Court acquits ex-PM Sharif in helicopter purchase case, China View, June 26, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/26/content_11607245.htm
Information Source 2:	"Nawaz cleared in chopper case, By Aamir Yasin, Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan), June 27, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\27\story_27-6-2009_pg1_1
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Nawaz Sharif

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

14 years

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Pakistani court quashed and annulled his conviction and sentence on June 26, 2009."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Pakistani Court acquits ex-PM Sharif in helicopter purchase case, China View, June 26, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/26/content_11607245.htm

Information Source 2:

"Nawaz cleared in chopper case, By Aamir Yasin, Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan), June 27, 2009"

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\27\story_27-6-2009_pg1_1

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