Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Criminal Negligence |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.33 |
Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Egypt |
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City of Crime: |
Cairo |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Wrongly convicted on May 25, 2010 of criminal negligence related to a September 2008 rockslide that resulted in the death of more than 100 people. He was a co-defendant of Mahmoud Yassin, and sentenced to three years in prison. An Egyptian appeals court overturned the conviction of Yassin and this co-defendant on September 21, 2010. The co-defendant was released after four months imprisonment." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"An Egyptian appeals court overturned Yassin's conviction and that of one of his co-defendants on September 21, 2010. " |
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"Egypt court voids convictions in fatal rockslide, Reuters news service, September 21, 2010" |
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE68K19G.htm |
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