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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
21 years 6 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
6.58 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2017 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Turkey |
County or Region of Crime: |
Izmir |
City of Crime: |
Odemis |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"?brahim Uyar was wrongly convicted in 2010 of murder in the death of Gulseren G. at her house on July 19, 2008 in Odemis, Turkey. Gulseren worked as a prostitute out of her home. The police determined the last person at Gulseren's house was 25-year-old Hamdi Gündüz. When interrogated, Gündüz claimed his acquaintance Uyar was behind the murder. At the time of Gulseren's death Uyar was 14 and in the 8th grade. Uyar was arrested in November 2008 and held pending his trial. Uyar was 16 when he was found guilty in 2010. He was sentenced to 21 years and 6 months in prison. Uyar appealed. The first department of Turkey's Supreme Court reversed Uyar's conviction on the basis the prosecution's evidence was not persuasive of his guilt. The prosecution appealed. On June 26, 2015 the Ödemi? High Penalty Court acquitted Uyar on the basis the prosecution presented insufficient evidence to prove his guilt. He was released after six years and 7 months in custody. Uyar then filed a lawsuit against Turkey's Finance Ministry for his “false imprisonment.” On July 18, 2017 Uyar was awarded compensation of 104,561 liras (US$30,400). When interviewed by the press about the award, Uyar said it was not enough considering he wrongly served almost seven years in prison. He said: “I could not go to school. I have been having financial problems. I could not adjust to the outside. Should the worth of seven years be this?” Gunduz was convicted as an accessory and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on appeal." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 26, 2015 the Ödemi? High Penalty Court acquitted Uyar on the basis the prosecution presented insufficient evidence to prove his guilt." |
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Compensation Awarded: |
"104,561 liras (US$30,400) (Turkey's govt. July 18, 2017)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
14 |
Age When Released: |
21 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Turkish man acquitted of murder after more than six years in jail, By Ismail Saymaz (IZMIR), Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey), August 25, 2017" |
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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-man-acquitted-of-murder-after-more-than-six-years-in-jail.aspx?pageID=238&nID=117193&NewsCatID=509 |
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