Hermogenes Canales

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	1 year combined jail time and community service
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Hermogenes Canales was convicted in 1987 in Los Angeles County, California of statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl. Canales was a native of El Salvador working in California. Although he insisted the incident didn't occur, he pled guilty to minimize his sentence. He served his one year sentence of jail and community service. Canales' conviction was vacated on November 24, 1999 after it was discovered the judge violated his right to due process by failing to inform him pleding guilty could make him liable to being deported as a non-citizen felon. Canales challenged his conviction after he was arrested by the INS for being a non-citizen with a felony conviction. After his conviction was vacated he was released from INS custody."
Conviction Caused By:	Canales pled guilty without being informed of the consequences of his plea as a non-citizen.
Innocence Proved By:	"Canales' conviction was vacated on November 24, 1999 after it was discovered the judge violated his right to due process by failing to inform him pleding guilty could make him liable to being deported as a non-citizen felon."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"INS Inmate Freed in Rare Victory; Court: Legal resident beats deportation order after lawyer gets judge to erase earlier criminal conviction, By Hilary E. MacGregor (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1999, pg. 3"
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Hermogenes Canales

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

1 year combined jail time and community service

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Canales pled guilty without being informed of the consequences of his plea as a non-citizen.

Innocence Proved By:

"Canales' conviction was vacated on November 24, 1999 after it was discovered the judge violated his right to due process by failing to inform him pleding guilty could make him liable to being deported as a non-citizen felon."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"INS Inmate Freed in Rare Victory; Court: Legal resident beats deportation order after lawyer gets judge to erase earlier criminal conviction, By Hilary E. MacGregor (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1999, pg. 3"

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