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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Terrorism |
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Death |
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Year Convicted: |
1950 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
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Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
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City of Crime: |
Seoul |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Hong Yoon-Hee |
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"Once Labeled a Traitor, Korean Aims to Be a Hero, By Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, January 3, 2014" |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/world/asia/his-korean-war-treason-conviction-overturned-a-man-seeks-hero-status.html?_r=0 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org