Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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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: |
"Gabriela J. Diaz, William Zepeda, and Argelia Maritza Diaz 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 becaue 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: |
"17 People Convicted After Warnings Ignored, By Beth Barrett, Greg Gittrich and Rick Orlov (staff writers), Los Angeles Daily News, March 22, 2000" |
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"17 People Convicted After Warnings Ignored, By Beth Barrett, Greg Gittrich (staff writers), Los Angeles Daily News, March 19, 2000" |
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http://www.thefreelibrary.com/D.A.%27S+OFFICE+IGNORED+WARNINGS+ON+SCANDAL+DEPUTY+D.A.+SENT+WARNINGS...-a083421746 |
Information Source 3: |
"People v. Rafael Antonio Perez, No. BA-109900 (Sup Ct of Los Angeles County), Statement of Rafael Antonio Perez, September 17, 1999" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.pcaclaw.org/PEREZ002.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org