Mohammed Atif Siddique

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Charge:	Terrorism
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.3
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Scotland
City of Crime:	Alva
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mohammed Atif Siddique was wrongly convicted in October 2007 in Scotland of terrorism related charges for looking at articles on the Internet that gave rise to "reasonable suspicion" they were connected to terrorism. The prosecution did not allege during his trial that Siddique who was a 21-year-old student when he was arrested, had ever committed an act of terrorism or done anything that furthered terrorism, only that he had looked at webpages showing terrorism. After a four-week trial Mohammed Siddique was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Siddique appealed. On January 29, 2010 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Siddique's conviction on the basis the trial judge had not properly instructed the jury what constituted an offense under the statute. The Crown Prosecution Service declined to retry Siddique and he was released on February 9, 2010."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge improperly instructed the jury about what constiuted a terrorist act under the statute.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 29, 2010 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Siddique's conviction on the basis the trial judge had not properly instructed the jury what constituted an offense under the statute. The Crown Prosecution Service declined to retry Siddique and he was released on February 9, 2010."
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Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
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Mohammed Atif Siddique

Charge:

Terrorism

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.3

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Scotland

City of Crime:

Alva

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge improperly instructed the jury about what constiuted a terrorist act under the statute.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 29, 2010 Scotland's Court of Appeal quashed Siddique's conviction on the basis the trial judge had not properly instructed the jury what constituted an offense under the statute. The Crown Prosecution Service declined to retry Siddique and he was released on February 9, 2010."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

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"Siddique released after terror conviction quashed, BBC News, February 9, 2010"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8504952.stm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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