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Years
Imprisoned:
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2 |
Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
1980 |
Year
Cleared:
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1982 |
Location
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Massachusetts |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
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Wongly indicted for first degree murder based solely on an eyewitness who identified Christian Amado from a photo. Amado was convicted even though the witness recanted his identification when he saw him in person in the courtroom. Amado's conviction was reversed on direct appeal by the court of appeal based on insufficient evidence and he was released after 2 years of wrongful imprisonment. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Eyewitness erroneously identified Christian Amado from a photo. The witness recanted his identification when he saw Amado in person in the courtroom, but the jury still convicted Amado. |
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Amado's conviction was reversed on direct appeal by the court of appeal based on insufficient evidence and he was released.
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“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 91 |
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