Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
8 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
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Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Netherlands Antilles |
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City of Crime: |
Bonaire |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Nozai Thomas and Andy Melaan were wrongly convicted of the murder of two brothers on July 17, 2005 on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. Melaan was sentenced to 24 years and Thomas was sentenced to 8 years. After a reinvestigation of the case, Melaan and Thomas were aquitted after a retrial on November 14, 2013." |
Conviction Caused By: |
"False confession by Nozai Thomas and codefendant Macho W, who received an 18 year prison sentence." |
Innocence Proved By: |
"Melaan and Thomas were aquitted after a retrial on November 14, 2013." |
Defendant Aided By: |
Knoops Innocence Project |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
19 |
Age When Released: |
24 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Melaan and Thomas acquitted of murder in Spelonk trial, Amigoe.com/english/, November 15, 2013" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.amigoe.com/english/169302-melaan-and-thomas-acquitted-of-murder-in-spelonk-trial |
Information Source 2: |
"Yet justice for Andy Melaan and Nozai Thomas?, By Truth Finder, Waarheidsvinding.com, June 10, 2013" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.waarheidsvinding.com/?p=4639 |
Information Source 3: |
"Two wrongfully convicted man exonerated on Bonaire (Dutch Antilles), Knoops.info, November 20, 2013" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.knoops.info/en/news/198-two-wrongfully-convicted-man-exonerated-on-bonaire-dutch-antilles |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org