Omar Aguirre

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	55 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned After Judicial Exoneration
Summary of Case:	"Omar Aguirre was one of four co-defendants wrongly convicted of the 1997 murder of Sindulfo Miranda, based on the fabricated confessions of two of the defendants, one of which was Omar Aguirre's alleged confession. Aguirre, who only speaks Spanish, supposedly made a confession that was written in English, and the signature on the confession wasn't his. A jury relied on the supposed confession to convict Aguirre, who was then sentenced to 55 years in prison. The convictions of all four men were reversed in December 2002. Three of the four men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago, and Omar Aguirre was awarded $3,000,000 in damages in February 2006. Aguirre was pardoned on the basis of his innocence by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in July 2008, which made him eligible for compensation from the State of Illinois. Aguirre was awarded wrongful imprisonment compensation of $132,777 by the State of Illinois."
Conviction Caused By:	"Police misconduct. Police fabricated alleged confession by Aguirre that was written in English, while Aguirre only speaks Spanish, and the signature on the confession wasn't his."
Innocence Proved By:	Actual murderers discovered
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Compensation Awarded:	"$3,132,777 total. $3,000,000 (City of Chicago, Feb 2006) and $132,777 (State of Illinois, 2009)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Bogus Confession: Feds: 2 prisoners will be freed after charges against drug ring," Joe Biesk, (AP), December 18, 2002"
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/Bogus_Confession.htm
Information Source 2:	"Blagojevich pardons 19, By Azam Ahmed and David Heinzmann (staff writers), Chicago Tribune, July 3, 2008"
Information Location 2:	"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-pardonsjul04,0,5174310.story"
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Omar Aguirre

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

55 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned After Judicial Exoneration

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Police misconduct. Police fabricated alleged confession by Aguirre that was written in English, while Aguirre only speaks Spanish, and the signature on the confession wasn't his."

Innocence Proved By:

Actual murderers discovered

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$3,132,777 total. $3,000,000 (City of Chicago, Feb 2006) and $132,777 (State of Illinois, 2009)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Bogus Confession: Feds: 2 prisoners will be freed after charges against drug ring," Joe Biesk, (AP), December 18, 2002"

Information Location 1:

http://www.truthinjustice.org/Bogus_Confession.htm

Information Source 2:

"Blagojevich pardons 19, By Azam Ahmed and David Heinzmann (staff writers), Chicago Tribune, July 3, 2008"

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"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-pardonsjul04,0,5174310.story"

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