Taj Wali

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2018
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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City of Crime:	Peerabad
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Taj Wali was wrongly convicted on March 12, 2016 of murder in the death of two policemen during the robbery of a Pakistan Post van that had collected cash from the Peerabad post office branch on January 2, 2013. Three men were believed to have participated in the robbery. Wali was arrested several months after the murders and robbery based on eyewitness identifications. Wali's defense was the eyewitnesses misidentified him and he did not participate in the crime. After his conviction by an anti-terrorism court Wali was sentenced to life in prison. Wali appealed. On May 9, 2018 the Sindh High Court set-aside Wali's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient credible evidence of his guilt."
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Information Source 1:	"SHC sets aside conviction of man accused of murdering two cops, By Jamal Khurshid, TheNews.com (Karachi, Pakistan), May 10, 2018"
Information Location 1:	https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/314810-shc-sets-aside-conviction-of-man-accused-of-murdering-two-cops
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Taj Wali

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2018

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Peerabad

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 9, 2018 the Sindh High Court set-aside Wali's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient credible evidence of his guilt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"SHC sets aside conviction of man accused of murdering two cops, By Jamal Khurshid, TheNews.com (Karachi, Pakistan), May 10, 2018"

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/314810-shc-sets-aside-conviction-of-man-accused-of-murdering-two-cops

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