Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder and Firearm violation |
Sentence: |
35 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
6 |
Year Crime: |
1988 |
Year Convicted: |
1989 |
Year Cleared: |
1996 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Mexico |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Joaquin Hernandez Galicia, known as "La Quina"" |
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"On June 2, 1995 Galicia's conviction was overturned by a Mexican appeals court." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
66 |
Age When Released: |
72 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Hispanic |
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"Mexican Judge Overturns Ex-Union Boss's Conviction : Latin America: Move follows wife's visit to interior minister and raises questions about judicial independence, By Juanita Darling (Staff writer), Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1995" |
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http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-03/news/mn-8862_1_judicial-independence |
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