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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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4 |
Charge: |
Sexual Assault (includes aggravated) |
Sentence: |
12 yrs |
Year Convicted: |
1990 |
Year
Cleared:
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1994 |
Location
of Trial:
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Texas |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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"Wrongly convicted of aggravated sexual assault. The victim identified Gilbert Alejandro and the prosecution's "expert witness" testified at trial that DNA recovered from the victim matched Alejandro, when the tests hadn't yet been completed. Alejandro was exonerated by the DNA testing when it was performed after he had been imprisoned for four years." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Eyewitness Misidentification and erroneous expert forensic testimony that his DNA matched the victim -- when the tests hadn't yet been completed. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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DNA
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Defendant
Aided By:
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Innocence Project |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Latino |
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