Godfrey Zaburoni

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Charge:	HIV Exposure (deliberately exposing people to HIV infection)
Sentence:	9 years 6 months
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Godfrey Zaburoni was wrongly convicted in April 2013 in Queensland, Australia of intentionally transmitting a serious infectious disease -- HIV -- to his sexual partner. Zaburoni was the second person in Queensland convicted of violating the transmission law. Zaburoni was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison. The Queensland Court of Appeal denied Zaburoni's appeal, "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 6, 2016 the Australia's High Court quashed Zaburoni's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove he had criminal intent to transmit the HIV virus to his female sexual partner."
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	Zaburoni v The Queen [2016] HCA 12 (6 April 2016)
Information Location 1:	http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2016/12.html
Information Source 2:	"Gold Coast circus acrobat who transmitted HIV to partner has conviction for intentional infection overturned, By AAP, www.news.com.au, April 6, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/gold-coast-circus-acrobat-who-transmitted-hiv-to-partner-has-conviction-for-intentional-infection-overturned/news-story/aab1b18106a31ca30abfca4c5247cc4b
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Godfrey Zaburoni

Charge:

HIV Exposure (deliberately exposing people to HIV infection)

Sentence:

9 years 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 6, 2016 the Australia's High Court quashed Zaburoni's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove he had criminal intent to transmit the HIV virus to his female sexual partner."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

Zaburoni v The Queen [2016] HCA 12 (6 April 2016)

Information Location 1:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2016/12.html

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"Gold Coast circus acrobat who transmitted HIV to partner has conviction for intentional infection overturned, By AAP, www.news.com.au, April 6, 2016"

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http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/gold-coast-circus-acrobat-who-transmitted-hiv-to-partner-has-conviction-for-intentional-infection-overturned/news-story/aab1b18106a31ca30abfca4c5247cc4b

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