Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
172 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
11 |
Year Crime: |
2001 |
Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Puerto Rico |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Roberto Anel Diaz Morales was wrongly convicted of a nurse in Puerto Rico in 2001. He was sentenced to 172 years in prison. Morales' conviction was vacated on May 9, 2012 by the Puerto Rican Supreme Court that issued an order for his release." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Morales' conviction was vacated on May 9, 2012 by the Puerto Rican Supreme Court that issued an order for his release." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Puerto Rican man exonerated after 10 years in prison, By EFE, Fox News Latino, May 25, 2012" |
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http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/05/25/puerto-rican-man-exonerated-after-10-years-in-prison/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Robert Diaz Morales, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4066 |
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