Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Rape |
Sentence: |
7 years 6 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.42 |
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New Zealand |
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
K. was wrongly convicted of raping a woman and sentenced to 7 years 6 months imprisonment. After 17 months imprisonment K's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals and he was discharged from prison. K was only identified by his first initial in the Justice Minister's report denying him ex gratia compensation. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
After 17 months imprisonment K's conviction was quashed by New Zealand's Court of Appeals and he was discharged from prison. |
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Male |
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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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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org