Motekiai Taufahema

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	23 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Motekiai Taufahema was wrongly convicted in 2004 of murder for driving a car in 2002 that crashed while being chased by a policeman, and another occupant then shot the policeman four times. On May 7, 2006, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously quashed the murder conviction and entered a verdict of acquittal. No retrial was ordered."
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Innocence Proved By:	" On May 7, 2006, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously quashed the murder conviction and entered a verdict of acquittal. No retrial was ordered."
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Slain cop's family 'beat' by quashed conviction, The Age (Melbourne, AUS), June 8, 2006."
Information Location 1:	http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/slain-cops-family-beat-by-quashed-conviction/2006/05/08/1146940451416.html
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Motekiai Taufahema

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

23 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

" On May 7, 2006, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously quashed the murder conviction and entered a verdict of acquittal. No retrial was ordered."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Slain cop's family 'beat' by quashed conviction, The Age (Melbourne, AUS), June 8, 2006."

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/slain-cops-family-beat-by-quashed-conviction/2006/05/08/1146940451416.html

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