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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."

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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

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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