Gangi Cero

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	4
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Year Convicted:	1927
Year Cleared:	1931
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Gangi Cero was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. After his conviction his brother discovered a witness who identified another man as the actual murder. This evidence secured a reprieve only 4 hrs from Cero's scheduled execution. Cero was granted a retrial and was acquitted. He served four years of wrongful imprisonment.
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Innocence Proved By:	"Death Row inmate. After being convicted of first-degree murder, his brother discovered a witness who identified another man as the actual murder. This evidence secured a reprieve only 4 hrs from Cero's scheduled execution. Cero was granted a retrial and was acquitted."
Defendant Aided By:	Cero's brother discovered a witness who identified another man as the actual murder. This evidence secured a reprieve only 4 hrs from Cero's scheduled execution. Cero was granted a retrial and was acquitted.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 103+."
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Information Source 2:	"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, Amnesty International, June 20, 2004"
Information Location 2:	http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/actionteams/dp/mistake.htm
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Gangi Cero

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1927

Year Cleared:

1931

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Death Row inmate. After being convicted of first-degree murder, his brother discovered a witness who identified another man as the actual murder. This evidence secured a reprieve only 4 hrs from Cero's scheduled execution. Cero was granted a retrial and was acquitted."

Defendant Aided By:

Cero's brother discovered a witness who identified another man as the actual murder. This evidence secured a reprieve only 4 hrs from Cero's scheduled execution. Cero was granted a retrial and was acquitted.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 103+."

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Information Source 2:

"Wrongful Murder Convictions in Massachusetts, Amnesty International, June 20, 2004"

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http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/actionteams/dp/mistake.htm

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