Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas

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Charge:	Terrorism
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Spain
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, Driss Chebli, Sadik Merizak, and Abdelaziz Benyaich were co-defendants wrongly convicted in Spain of conspiracy to commit murder in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Spain's High Court quashed Yarkas' conviction because of a lack of evidence. Prosecutors didn't oppose the quashing of Yarkas' conviction, saying the evidence against him was "weak and inconsistent." His conviction for belonging to a terror organization (al Qaeda) was left standing, for which he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment."
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Information Source 1:	"9-11 conviction quashed in Spain, CNN.com, June 1, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/spain.acquittal.ap/
Information Source 2:	"Spain acquits 9-11 plotting suspect, Australian Broadcasting Corp, June 2, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1653429.htm]
Information Source 3:	"Spanish court acquits al-Qaeda leader of September 11, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 1, 2006"
Information Location 3:	http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1168796.php/Spanish_court_acquits_al-Qaeda_leader_of_September_11
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Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas

Charge:

Terrorism

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Spain

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Innocence Proved By:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"9-11 conviction quashed in Spain, CNN.com, June 1, 2006"

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/spain.acquittal.ap/

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"Spain acquits 9-11 plotting suspect, Australian Broadcasting Corp, June 2, 2006"

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1653429.htm]

Information Source 3:

"Spanish court acquits al-Qaeda leader of September 11, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, June 1, 2006"

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http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1168796.php/Spanish_court_acquits_al-Qaeda_leader_of_September_11

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