South Africa: When the Perpetrator Is a Victim - Jailed for a Crime He Did Not Commit

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After spending five years in jail for a crime he always claimed he did not commit Daniel Brilliance Sehloho is supposed to be one of the lucky ones whose wrongful conviction has been overturned. Instead, he believes his problems really started when he was released. By CAROLYN RAPHAELY for Wits Justice Project.

There was no one to meet disgraced "rapist" Daniel Brilliance Sehloho at Johannesburg prison's gates after Pretoria High Court Judge Edwin Molahlehi over-turned his conviction and life sentence last year and found him not guilty of raping and assaulting a 15-year-old girl.*

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