Robert Charles Cruz

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	14.5
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	1981
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona
County or Region of Crime:	Maricopa
City of Crime:	Tempe
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert Charles Cruz was wrongly convicted in 1981 of murder committed in 1980 in Tempe, Arizona."
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Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	Death Penalty Information Center
Information Location 1:	http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html
Information Source 2:	Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern School of Law
Information Location 2:	http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/cruz.htm
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Robert Charles Cruz

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

14.5

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

1981

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona

County or Region of Crime:

Maricopa

City of Crime:

Tempe

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Robert Charles Cruz was wrongly convicted in 1981 of murder committed in 1980 in Tempe, Arizona."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

Death Penalty Information Center

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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html

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Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern School of Law

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http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/cruz.htm

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