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At the age of 14, Mr Hernadez found himself arrested for a crime he did not commit and was charged with a drive-by shooting in 2006 in Culver City that killed 16-year-old Gary Ortiz.
Two men wrongfully convicted in separate murder cases in California have been exonerated after “collectively spending decades in prison,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón ...
A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been declared innocent and freed, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday. DNA testing helped exonerate ...
Mitochondrial DNA testing of hairs found at the crime scene believed to be from the killer did not match Sledge, and he was declared innocent in January 2015. He had served more than 36 years for the crime. [104] Aug 31, 1978: Bobby Joe Maxwell Murder Los Angeles, California: Life without parole 39 years Yes
Nash was arrested for felony class unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16 year-old-girl, according to CBS Los Angeles. Jail or Agency: Pitchess Detention Center North; State: California; Date arrested or booked: 4/20/2016; Date of death: 4/27/2016; Age at death: UNKNOWN; Sources: CA DOJ, losangeles.cbslocal.com, Los Angeles County sheriff, www ...
This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later found to be wrongly convicted.Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously. [1]
As of January 2022, 375 people previously convicted of serious crimes in the United States had been exonerated by DNA testing since 1989, 21 of whom had been sentenced to death. [13] [49] Almost all (99%) of the wrongful convictions were males, [50] [51] with minority groups constituting approximately 70% (61% African American and 8% Latino).
Maurice Hastings, who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit, appears at a court in Los Angeles where a judge officially found him to be factually innocent on ...