Bill Shaw

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Charge:	Bribery (including public corruption)
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Afghanistan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Bill Shaw was wrongly convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shaw is a British citizen who was a civilian working in Afghanistan. After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010."
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Innocence Proved By:	After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010.
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Age When Imprisoned:	52
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"No escape yet for Bill Shaw, the Briton cleared of bribery in Kabul, By Aunohita Mojumdar (in Kabul), Guardian (UK), July 4, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/04/afghanistan-unitednations
Information Source 2:	"Ex-Army officer convicted of bribery in Afghanistan cleared, By Stephen White (staff), The Mirror (London), July 5, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/05/ex-army-officer-convicted-of-bribery-in-afghanistan-cleared-115875-22383009/
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Bill Shaw

Charge:

Bribery (including public corruption)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Afghanistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Bill Shaw was wrongly convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shaw is a British citizen who was a civilian working in Afghanistan. After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

52

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"No escape yet for Bill Shaw, the Briton cleared of bribery in Kabul, By Aunohita Mojumdar (in Kabul), Guardian (UK), July 4, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/04/afghanistan-unitednations

Information Source 2:

"Ex-Army officer convicted of bribery in Afghanistan cleared, By Stephen White (staff), The Mirror (London), July 5, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/05/ex-army-officer-convicted-of-bribery-in-afghanistan-cleared-115875-22383009/

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