Joe Timothy Tambe

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Charge:	Arson
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vanuatu
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Joe Timothy Tambe and Kency Tari were codefendants wrongly convicted or arson in Vanuatu. On April 26, 2013 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals unanimously quashed Joe Timothy Tambe and Kency Tari's convictions on the basis the prosecution conceded the trial judge prejudicially erred by relying on statements taken from two co-defendants (who happened to be discharged during the trial) which evidence was inadmissible against Tambe and Tari. Under the circumstances no retrial was ordered."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 26, 2013 the Vanuatu Court of Appeals quashed Joe Timothy Tambe and Kency Tari's convictions on the basis the prosecution conceded the trial judge prejudicially erred by relying on statements taken from two co-defendants (who happened to be discharged during the trial) which evidence was inadmissible against Tambe and Tari. Under the circumstances no retrial was ordered."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Tambe and Tari v Public Prosecutor [2013] VUCA 13; Criminal Appeal 07-12 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, April 26, 2013) (Reversing convictions of defendants based on trial judges error of relying on inadmissible statements by codefendants who were discharged during the trial.)"
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Joe Timothy Tambe

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vanuatu

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Tambe and Tari v Public Prosecutor [2013] VUCA 13; Criminal Appeal 07-12 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, April 26, 2013) (Reversing convictions of defendants based on trial judges error of relying on inadmissible statements by codefendants who were discharged during the trial.)"

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