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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
20 |
Year Crime: |
1991 |
Year Convicted: |
1992 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
City of Crime: |
Lynwood |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Francisco Carrillo Jr. AKA Franky Carillo was wrongly convicted in 1992 of murder in Los Angeles County, California. Francisco's conviction overturned on March 14, 2011 based on recantation by 5 of the 6 eyewitnesses the prosecution relied on. On April 14, 2014 the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board awarded Francisco Carrillo $683,300 compensation under the state's wrongful imprisonment statute that authorized payment of $100 per day for the 6,833 days he was incarcerated in a state prison. Francisco Carillo filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Los Angeles County, the LA County Sheriff's Department, sheriff deputies involved in his prosecution. On July 19, 2016 the Los Angles County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement of $10.1 million in compensation to Carrillo." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous identification by at least 5 eyewitnesses. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"Conviction overturned on March 14, 2011 based on recantation by 5 of the 6 eyewitnesses the prosecution relied on." |
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Compensation Awarded: |
"$10,783,300 Total. $683,300 (State of Calif., April 14, 2014) and $10,100,000 (Los Angeles County, 7-19-2016)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
15 |
Age When Released: |
35 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Murder conviction voided after 20 years, By Jack Leonard (Staff), Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2011" |
Information Location 1: |
"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-murder-conviction-overturned-20110316,0,3523032.story" |
Information Source 2: |
"Man freed after 20 years behind bars - 'I'm, personally, not angry', Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2011" |
Information Location 2: |
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/man-freed-after-20-years-behind-bars-im-personally-not-angry.html |
Information Source 3: |
"Murder conviction reversed: LA County to pay man $10 million, By Stephanie Michaud, MyNewsLA.com, July 19, 2016" |
Information Location 3: |
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2016/07/19/murder-conviction-reversed-la-county-to-pay-man-10-million/ |
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