Edward Avila

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	5 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1956
Year Convicted:	1957
Year Cleared:	1957
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Edward Avila was wrongly convicted in 1957 of armed robbery in Los Angeles. Avila's prosecution was based on two eyewitnesses who identified him based on a picture of him shown to them by a detective prior to viewing Avila in a lineup. Only one of the witnesses was still positive Avila was the robber. Avila waived his right to a jury trial, and in June 1957 he was convicted after a bench (judge only) trial. Avila was pardoned in September 1957 by California Governor Goodwin Knight after the actual robber confessed. No compensation was paid for Avila's three months of wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by two witnesses
Innocence Proved By:	Actual robber identified. Pardoned by California's governor.
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 248."
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Edward Avila

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

5 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1956

Year Convicted:

1957

Year Cleared:

1957

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by two witnesses

Innocence Proved By:

Actual robber identified. Pardoned by California's governor.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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