2002 Vanuatu Conviction 5

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	4 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.42
Year Crime:	2001
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vanuatu
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Seven codefendants were wrongly convicted in 2002 of criminal trespass, demanding money with menaces, assault, and threats in Vanuatu in 2001. The codefendants were prosecuted based on the allegation that they boarded a boat to claim unpaid wages. After their conviction following a bench trial, all seven were sentenced to four years in prison. They all appealed. On January 14, 2003 the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu quashed the convictions of the seven codefendants based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove their gult beyond a reasonable doubt. They were released after five months in custody."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On January 14, 2003 the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu quashed the convictions of the seven codefendants based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove their gult beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Reuben v Public Prosecutor [2003] VUCA 30; Criminal Appeal Case 37 of 2002 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, January 14, 2003) (Quashing convictions of seven codefendants.)"
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2002 Vanuatu Conviction 5

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.42

Year Crime:

2001

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vanuatu

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 14, 2003 the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu quashed the convictions of the seven codefendants based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove their gult beyond a reasonable doubt."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Reuben v Public Prosecutor [2003] VUCA 30; Criminal Appeal Case 37 of 2002 (Court of Appeal of Vanuatu, January 14, 2003) (Quashing convictions of seven codefendants.)"

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http://www.paclii.org/vu/cases/VUCA/2003/30.html

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