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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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0.25 |
Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
5yrs to LI |
Year Convicted: |
1957 |
Year
Cleared:
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1957 |
Location
of Trial:
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California |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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"Two eyewitnesses erroneously identified Avila based on a picture of him shown to them by a detective prior to viewing Avila in a lineup, when only one of the witnesses was still positive Avila was the robber. June 1957 convicted by judge only trial of armed robbery. Pardoned in September 1957 by CA Gov. Goodwin Knight after the actual robber confessed. No compensation was paid for 3 months of wrongful imprisonment." |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Erroneous eyewitness identification by two witnesses |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Actual robber identified. Pardoned by CA governor.
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Compensation Awarded: |
No |
Was Perpetrator Found? |
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Age
When Imprisoned:
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29 |
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Information Source 1: |
"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 248." |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org