Joan Tumuhairwe

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Uganda
County or Region of Crime:	Kiruhura
City of Crime:	Kakoni
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Joan Tumuhairwe was wrongly convicted of murdering her husband with the aid of three men in Kakoni village, in the Kiruhura district of Uganda. The prosecution of the four was based on her alleged confession that she claimed she never made. The three men who allegedly assisted her were acquitted at trial. She was sentenced to death. In March 2010 Uganda's Court of Appeal quashed Tumuhairwe's conviction and ordered dismissal of her charge and release from custody. The Court's ruling was based the trial court's erroneous reliance on her disputed confession and the trial court's failure to adequately consider the evidence offered in her defense."
Conviction Caused By:	Errors by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	In March 2010 Uganda's Court of Appeal quashed Tumuhairwe's conviction and ordered dismissal of her charge and release from custody.
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Woman acquitted of murder, death sentence, By Hillary Nsambu, New Vision (Kampala, Uganda), March 2, 2010"
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Joan Tumuhairwe

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Uganda

County or Region of Crime:

Kiruhura

City of Crime:

Kakoni

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Errors by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

In March 2010 Uganda's Court of Appeal quashed Tumuhairwe's conviction and ordered dismissal of her charge and release from custody.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Woman acquitted of murder, death sentence, By Hillary Nsambu, New Vision (Kampala, Uganda), March 2, 2010"

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http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/711674

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