Francisco Garcia

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	7 to 8 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1913
Year Cleared:	1915
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Mexico
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Francisco Garcia was wrongly convicted in 1913 of manslaughter. Garcia was sentenced to 7 to 8 years in prison. In 1915 New Mexico's appeals court reversed his conviction, saying it was "physically impossible for him to be guilty of" of the crime. He was convicted when "there is, not only no evidence to support the verdict, but where it supported his innocence." (MJ, 116)"
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Innocence Proved By:	Appeals court finding that there was absolutely no evidence he was guilty.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 116+."
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Francisco Garcia

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

7 to 8 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1913

Year Cleared:

1915

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Mexico

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Appeals court finding that there was absolutely no evidence he was guilty.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 116+."

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