Argelia Maritza Diaz

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2000
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:	"Argelia Maritza Diaz, William Zepeda, and Gabriela J. Maritza were co-defendants. LAPD officer Rafael Perez admitted during the investigation of the LAPD for corruption that he framed Zepeda, Argelia Diaz and Gabriela Diaz because he didn't see them selling any drugs and he did not obtain their permission to search their apartment. Their convictions were overturned on March 23, 2000."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured testimony of LAPD officers
Innocence Proved By:	"Investigation of the LAPD's Ramparts division that uncovered that more than 100 innocent people were framed by police officers and wrongly prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	""6 more convictions overturned in LAPD corruption scandal," Los Angeles, CNN, March 23, 2000."
Information Location 1:	http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/03/23/lapd.probe/
Information Source 2:	"People v. Rafael Antonio Perez, No. BA-109900 (Sup Ct of Los Angeles County), Statement of Rafael Antonio Perez, September 17, 1999"
Information Location 2:	http://www.pcaclaw.org/PEREZ002.html
Information Source 3:	"17 People Convicted After Warnings Ignored, By Beth Barrett, Greg Gittrich and Rick Orlov (staff writers), Los Angeles Daily News, March 22, 2000"
Information Location 3:	http://www.thefreelibrary.com/D.A.%27S+OFFICE+IGNORED+WARNINGS+ON+SCANDAL+DEPUTY+D.A.+SENT+WARNINGS...-a083421746
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Argelia Maritza Diaz

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2000

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured testimony of LAPD officers

Innocence Proved By:

"Investigation of the LAPD's Ramparts division that uncovered that more than 100 innocent people were framed by police officers and wrongly prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

""6 more convictions overturned in LAPD corruption scandal," Los Angeles, CNN, March 23, 2000."

Information Location 1:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/03/23/lapd.probe/

Information Source 2:

"People v. Rafael Antonio Perez, No. BA-109900 (Sup Ct of Los Angeles County), Statement of Rafael Antonio Perez, September 17, 1999"

Information Location 2:

http://www.pcaclaw.org/PEREZ002.html

Information Source 3:

"17 People Convicted After Warnings Ignored, By Beth Barrett, Greg Gittrich and Rick Orlov (staff writers), Los Angeles Daily News, March 22, 2000"

Information Location 3:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/D.A.%27S+OFFICE+IGNORED+WARNINGS+ON+SCANDAL+DEPUTY+D.A.+SENT+WARNINGS...-a083421746

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