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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
South Africa |
County or Region of Crime: |
Gauteng |
City of Crime: |
Bronkhorstspruit |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Albert Van Vuuren |
Conviction Caused By: |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 11, 2014 the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa set-aside Albert Van Vuuren's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficent evidence of his guilt and ordered his acquittal." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
43 |
Age When Released: |
44 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Wife-killing conviction overturned, Legal Brief Today (South Africa), " |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20140612085126894 |
Information Source 2: |
"Freed man branded as wife-killer may sue cops, By Ilse de Lange (Staff writer), The Citizen (Johannesburg, SA), June 19, 2014" |
Information Location 2: |
http://citizen.co.za/194066/freed-man-branded-as-wife-killer-may-sue-cops/ |
Information Source 3: |
"Life sentence for wife killer, By South Africa Press Association, IOL.co.za, August 30 2012" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/life-sentence-for-wife-killer-1.1373044#.U6NzMX-KIoJ |
Information Source 4: |
"Killer stabbed wife 25 times, By Zelda Venter (High Court Reporter), Pretoria News, August 22 2012" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/killer-stabbed-wife-25-times-1.1367939#.U6N0cn-KIoI |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org