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Humberto Correia

 

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2004

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Bristol

City of Crime:

Taunton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Humberto Correia was wrongly convicted of arson in 2002. Acquitted after a retrial, and the Federal Judge described the quality of his legal representation as so inadequae that it constituted a serious miscarriage of justice."

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Sex:

Male

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Other

Information Source 1:

"Miscarriage of Justice' - Fed Judge Slams State Rep with Legal Malpractice Suit in '02 Case, David Weber, Boston Herald, February 20, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=69464

Information Source 2:

"Malpractice suit revived, By Gerry Tuoti (staff writer), Taunton Daily Gazette, August 6, 2008"

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http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x27202247/Malpractice-suit-revived

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