Margaret Wamuyu Wariuko

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death - then resentenced to 15 yrs
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Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kenya
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Margaret Wamuyu Wariuko was wrongly convicted in 2004 of murdering her husband and sentenced to death. Kenya's Court of Appeals quashed her murder ocnviction in August 2006, and sub-stituted a manslaughter conviction and a 15-year sentence."
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Innocence Proved By:	Murder conviction quashed by Kenya's Court of Appeals in August 2006.
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Woman Escapes the Noose As Court Reduces Charges, By Moses Njagih, The Standard (Nairobi, Kenya), August 6, 2006"
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Margaret Wamuyu Wariuko

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death - then resentenced to 15 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kenya

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Margaret Wamuyu Wariuko was wrongly convicted in 2004 of murdering her husband and sentenced to death. Kenya's Court of Appeals quashed her murder ocnviction in August 2006, and sub-stituted a manslaughter conviction and a 15-year sentence."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Murder conviction quashed by Kenya's Court of Appeals in August 2006.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Woman Escapes the Noose As Court Reduces Charges, By Moses Njagih, The Standard (Nairobi, Kenya), August 6, 2006"

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http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143956401

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