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Joaquin Hernandez Galicia

 

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""

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 2, 1995 Galicia's conviction was overturned by a Mexican appeals court."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

66

Age When Released:

72

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"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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