Orlando Boquete

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Charge:	Rape and Burglary
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1982
Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Monroe
City of Crime:	Key West
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Orlando Boquete was wrongly convicted in 1983 of a 1982 Key West rape based on the victim's identification. While imprisoned Boquete escaped twice, and he was exonerated of the rape in May 2006 by DNA evidence that excluded him as the woman's attacker. He was teken into custody by the US Immigration Service because of detainers placed against him because of crimes he pled guilty to while he was free after his escapes. Boquete was wrongly imprisoned for 13 years. He was released in August 2006 from the custody of immigration."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	DNA tests unavailable at the time of Orlando Bosquete's conviction excluded him as the woman's assailant.
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Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	51
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Cuban national cleared of 1982 rape won't be released until immigration status is clear, by Phil Davis, Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), May 23, 2006."
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Orlando Boquete

Charge:

Rape and Burglary

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1982

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Monroe

City of Crime:

Key West

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

DNA tests unavailable at the time of Orlando Bosquete's conviction excluded him as the woman's assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

51

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Cuban national cleared of 1982 rape won't be released until immigration status is clear, by Phil Davis, Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), May 23, 2006."

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"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0523cuban,0,3896846.story?coll=sfla-wbzl-shared"

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http://cbs4.com/topstories/Miami.News.Orlando.2.398879.html

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