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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	8 years in prison and a find of 4 million yen
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Japan
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City of Crime:	Narita
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"On December 9, 2010 the Tokyo High Court overturned the conviction of a 31-year-old British woman charged with smuggling 1.4 kilograms of drugs into Japan from Malaysia in November 2008 at the Narita International Airport. She was sentenced to 8 years in prison and fined 4 million yen. The Court rule that "‘there is reasonable doubt she was aware of the stimulant drug,’’ noting that the suitcase was given to her just before her departure and she could not confirm what was inside after she was told it was clothing. The prosecution said the woman would not be retried."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 9, 2010 the Tokyo High Court overturned the conviction of a 31-year-old British woman charged with smuggling 1.4 kilograms of drugs into Japan from Malaysia in 2008 at the Narita International Airport."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"British woman acquitted of drug smuggling charge, Allvoices.com (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), December 15, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://www.allvoices.com/news/7630704-crime-british-woman-acquitted-of-drug-smuggling-charge
Information Source 2:	"British woman acquitted of drug smuggling charge, Japan Today, December 15, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.jiadep.org/British_Woman_Acquitted.html
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British Woman

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

8 years in prison and a find of 4 million yen

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Narita

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 9, 2010 the Tokyo High Court overturned the conviction of a 31-year-old British woman charged with smuggling 1.4 kilograms of drugs into Japan from Malaysia in 2008 at the Narita International Airport."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"British woman acquitted of drug smuggling charge, Allvoices.com (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), December 15, 2010"

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http://www.allvoices.com/news/7630704-crime-british-woman-acquitted-of-drug-smuggling-charge

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"British woman acquitted of drug smuggling charge, Japan Today, December 15, 2010"

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http://www.jiadep.org/British_Woman_Acquitted.html

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