P. Unknown (1998 conviction)

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	Preventative Detention
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Year Convicted:	1998
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U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"P. was wrongly convicted in 1998 of sexually assaulting a woman and sentenced to preventative detention. The woman later recanted her accusation and P's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals, which didn't order a retrial. P was only identified by his first initial in the Justice Minister's report denying him ex gratia compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the alleged witness who later recanted her accusation.
Innocence Proved By:	"P's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals, which didn't order a retrial."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Conviction claims declined, By Hamish McNeilly (staff), Otago Daily Times, October 31, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/279182/conviction-claims-declined
Information Source 2:	"P. was wrongly convicted in 1998 of sexually assaulting a woman and sentenced to preventative detention. The woman later recanted her accusation and P's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals, which didn't order a retrial. P was only identified by his first initial in the Justice Minister's report denying him ex gratia compensation.Conviction claims declined, By Hamish McNeilly (staff), Otago Daily Times, October 31, 2013"
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P. Unknown (1998 conviction)

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Preventative Detention

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the alleged witness who later recanted her accusation.

Innocence Proved By:

"P's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals, which didn't order a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Conviction claims declined, By Hamish McNeilly (staff), Otago Daily Times, October 31, 2013"

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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/279182/conviction-claims-declined

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