Mahmoud Yassin

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	5 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:	"Mahmoud Yassin was wrongly convicted on May 25, 2010 of manslaughter for negligence as Cairo's deputy governor in a September 2008 rockslide that resulted in the death of more than 100 people. Mahmoud Yassin was sentenced to five years in prison. An Egyptian appeals court overturned Yassin's conviction on September 21, 2010. He had posted bail after his conviction, so he didn't serve any time in prison. Yassin had seven co-defendants who were convicted of criminal negligence and sentenced to three years imprisonment. The appeals court overturned the conviction of one of his co-defendants, and reduced the sentence of the other six to one year 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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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Egypt court voids convictions in fatal rockslide, Reuters news service, September 21, 2010"
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Mahmoud Yassin

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Egypt

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Cairo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

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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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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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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