Jerome Cruz

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.17
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jerome Cruz and Lashane Westbrooks were codefendants wrongly convicted in October 2007 of selling drugs to an undercover police officer in Brooklyn, New York on December 6, 2005. Westbrooks was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison adn Cruz to 1 year in prison. About a month after their conviction evidence was discovered that the drugs had been planted on them by the NYPD officers. The Kings County DA's Office filed a motion to vacate the convictions of Westrooks and Cruz that was granted in November 2007 and they were released. Westbrooks lawsuit against the City of New York was settled for $60,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by NYPD officers that they found drugs on Westbrooks and Cruz.
Innocence Proved By:	The Kings County DA's Office filed a motion to vacate the convictions of Westrooks and Cruz that was granted in November 2007 and they were released.
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Jerome Cruz, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4258
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Jerome Cruz

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.17

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by NYPD officers that they found drugs on Westbrooks and Cruz.

Innocence Proved By:

The Kings County DA's Office filed a motion to vacate the convictions of Westrooks and Cruz that was granted in November 2007 and they were released.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"Jerome Cruz, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4258

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