Omprakash Tiwari

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	11.33
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	India
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City of Crime:	Palghar
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Omprakash Tiwari was wrongly convicted in January 2001 of murdering Kathiy awadi Baba in Palghar, India on January 20, 1998, with a stone. There was no physical, forensic or eyewitness evidence linking Tiwari to the crime, and the stone allegedly used to"
Conviction Caused By:	Speculation that animosity between Tiwari and the victim constituted evidence he committed the crime.
Innocence Proved By:	In May 2009 Bombay's High Court quashed Tiwari's conviction and acquitted him.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"11 yrs on, man acquitted of rival's murder, by Shibu Thomas (TNN), The Times of India, May 13, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-13/mumbai/28165771_1_life-imprisonment-murder-conviction
Information Source 2:	"Mere motive not enough to prove guilt -- HC, IndianExpress.com, May 12, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mere-motive-not-enough-to-prove-guilt-hc/458161/
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Omprakash Tiwari

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

11.33

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

India

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Palghar

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Omprakash Tiwari was wrongly convicted in January 2001 of murdering Kathiy awadi Baba in Palghar, India on January 20, 1998, with a stone. There was no physical, forensic or eyewitness evidence linking Tiwari to the crime, and the stone allegedly used to"

Conviction Caused By:

Speculation that animosity between Tiwari and the victim constituted evidence he committed the crime.

Innocence Proved By:

In May 2009 Bombay's High Court quashed Tiwari's conviction and acquitted him.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"11 yrs on, man acquitted of rival's murder, by Shibu Thomas (TNN), The Times of India, May 13, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-13/mumbai/28165771_1_life-imprisonment-murder-conviction

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"Mere motive not enough to prove guilt -- HC, IndianExpress.com, May 12, 2009"

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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mere-motive-not-enough-to-prove-guilt-hc/458161/

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