Rabe Welcome

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Cayman Islands
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Red Bay
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Rabe Welcome was wrongly convicted of unlawful and malicious wounding of a man he arrested while off-duty from his job as a police officer in the Cayman Islands. On November 21, 2013 the Cayman Island Court of Appeals quashed Welcom's conviction on the basis the judge gave the wrong instruction about the mental element of the crime. The Court ruled the prosecution had failed to prove he had the requisite mental element of intending to apply unlawful force to the victim."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 21, 2013 the Cayman Island Court of Appeals quashed Welcom's conviction on the basis the prosecution had failed to prove he had the requisite mental element of intending to apply unlawful force to the victim."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Ex-cop cleared of wounding charges in appeal, By Carol Winker (staff writer), November 21, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/11/21/Ex-cop-cleared-of-wounding-charges-in-appeal/
Information Source 2:	"Court explains ‘mental element’ of wounding, By Carol Winker (staff writer), November 29, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/11/29/Court-explains--mental-element--of-wounding/
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Rabe Welcome

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Cayman Islands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Red Bay

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 21, 2013 the Cayman Island Court of Appeals quashed Welcom's conviction on the basis the prosecution had failed to prove he had the requisite mental element of intending to apply unlawful force to the victim."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Ex-cop cleared of wounding charges in appeal, By Carol Winker (staff writer), November 21, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/11/21/Ex-cop-cleared-of-wounding-charges-in-appeal/

Information Source 2:

"Court explains ‘mental element’ of wounding, By Carol Winker (staff writer), November 29, 2013"

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http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/11/29/Court-explains--mental-element--of-wounding/

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