Kaj Linna

Exonerated Finnish man

Kaj Linna
Kaj Johannes Linna, né Kaj Juhani Kaukosalo (born 12 May 1962), is a Finnish man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a robbery-murder in Kalamark outside of Piteå, Sweden on 14 April 2004. He served the longest overturned sentence in Swedish history before a retrial was ordered, in which he was exonerated and freed. He was later awarded 18 million SEK as compensation for his time in prison, a record sum. Early life. Linna was born in Sweden to Finnish parents. Original case. Linna was accused of murdering Roger Lindberg and seriously injuring his brother Sune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaj_Linna

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