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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Bribery (including public corruption) |
Sentence: |
2 years |
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Year
Cleared:
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2010 |
Location
of Trial:
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Afghanistan |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. Bill Shaw is a British citizen who was a civilian working in Afghanistan. After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010. |
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Innocence
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After his conviction was overturned on appeal he was acquitted after a retrial in July 2010.
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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52 |
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Information Source 1: |
No escape yet for Bill Shaw, the Briton cleared of bribery in Kabul, By Aunohita Mojumdar (in Kabul), Guardian (UK), July 4, 2010 |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/04/afghanistan-unitednations |
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Ex-Army officer convicted of bribery in Afghanistan cleared, By Stephen White (staff), The Mirror (London), July 5, 2010 |
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/05/ex-army-officer-convicted-of-bribery-in-afghanistan-cleared-115875-22383009/ |
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White |
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