Miguel Arroyo

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
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Year Convicted:	1965
Year Cleared:	1965
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Miguel Arroyo was wrongly convicted in 1965 in Kings County, New York of manslaughter in the death of a boy during a street fight based on eyewitness testimony. After his conviction Arroyo's lawyer produced a number of eyewitnesses who testified they saw someone else kill the boy, and the witnesses against Arroyo recanted their testimony. The judge vacated Arroyo's conviction and he was released and the indictment against him was dismissed. In 1966 another man was arrested and indicted for the murder."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjurious eyewitness testimony.
Innocence Proved By:	New eyewitnesses and recanted witnesses.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 283."
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Information Source 2:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 92+."
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Miguel Arroyo

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1965

Year Cleared:

1965

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjurious eyewitness testimony.

Innocence Proved By:

New eyewitnesses and recanted witnesses.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"“In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases,” Michael L Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1992 p. 283."

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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. 92+."

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