Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Automotive |
Sentence: |
4 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
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Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Russian Federation |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Wrongly convicted in February 2006 of "failing to yield" when while making a left turn he struck a politician's limosine that was going the wrong way at high speed. Oleg Shcherbinsky was sentenced to four years in prison. In May 2006, his conviction was overturned on appeal and he was released." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Conviction overturned on appeal. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Russian motorists enraged by elite's flashing blue lights, by Adrian Blomfield, The Telegraph (London), February 13, 2006" |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/13/wruss13.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/13/ixworld.html |
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"Russians resist braking for blue-light big shots, by Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 2006" |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0612/p04s01-woeu.html |
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