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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Abortion |
Sentence: |
1 year |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.67 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Malaysia |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Nirmala Thapa |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 11, 2015 the Penang High Court set aside the conviction and sentence of Nirmala Thapa, a Nepali migrant worker in Malaysia who was charged with illegal abortion." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
24 |
Age When Released: |
25 |
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Female |
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"Abortion conviction overturned, By Staff, The Nepali Times, March 19, 2015" |
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http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2015/03/19/high-court-overturns-abortion-conviction/ |
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