Fernando Valencia

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Charge:	Defamation/Slander
Sentence:	"20 months & S/ 100,000 restitution"
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Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Peru
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City of Crime:	Lima
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Fernando Valencia was wrongly convicted in April 2016 of defamation against Peru's former President Alan Garcia Perez. Valencia's alleged defamatory statement on television was: “Humala lashes out against the Aprista government: Thieves to jail, not in power." That was accompanied by photos of Peru’s then-President Ollanta Humala and former President Garcia Perez. After his conviction Valencia was sentenced to 20 months in prison and payment of S/ 100,000 in damages to Perez. Valencia appealed. On August 9, 2016 the Fourth Criminal Court of Lima overturned Valencia's conviction. After the ruling, Valencia's lawyer, Carlos Rivera, told reporters: “This is an important legal victory, even more so for those who exercise journalism and freedom of expression. From the beginning, we said that the complaint was arbitrary because it was criminalizing a journalistic act.”"
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 9, 2016 the Fourth Criminal Court of Lima overturned Valencia's conviction. After the ruling, Valencia's lawyer, Carlos Rivera, told reporters: “This is an important legal victory, even more so for those who exercise journalism and freedom of expression. From the beginning, we said that the complaint was arbitrary because it was criminalizing a journalistic act.”"
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Information Source 1:	"Defamation conviction against journalist overturned by Peruvian judge, By Caley Berg, Peru This Week, August 10, 2016"
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Fernando Valencia

Charge:

Defamation/Slander

Sentence:

"20 months & S/ 100,000 restitution"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Peru

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Lima

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Defamation conviction against journalist overturned by Peruvian judge, By Caley Berg, Peru This Week, August 10, 2016"

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http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-defamation-conviction-against-journalist-overturned-by-peruvian-judge-11017

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