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Arturo Cortez

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

5.25

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Arturo Cortez

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Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of California.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Arturo Cortez, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4356

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