Safiyatu Husseini Tunga-Tuda

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Charge:	Adultery
Sentence:	Death
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Year Convicted:	2001
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Nigeria
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Safiyatu Husseini Tunga-Tuda was wrongly convicted in November 2001 of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. There was world-wide condemnation of her conviction and sentence. In March 2002 the the Sharia court of appeal overturned her conviction, acquitted her of the charge, and she was released."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In March 2002 the the Sharia court of appeal overturned her conviction, acquitted her of the charge, and she was released."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Nigeria - flogging, amputations and more death-by-stoning sentences, Rationalist International, Bulletin 102, September 19, 2002"
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Safiyatu Husseini Tunga-Tuda

Charge:

Adultery

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2001

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Nigeria

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In March 2002 the the Sharia court of appeal overturned her conviction, acquitted her of the charge, and she was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Nigeria - flogging, amputations and more death-by-stoning sentences, Rationalist International, Bulletin 102, September 19, 2002"

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http://www.rationalistinternational.net/archive/en/rationalist_2002/102.htm

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