Hector Gonzalez

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder and Weapons charge
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	6.5
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Hector Gonzalez and Christian Pacheco were codefendants wrongly convicted of murder in Kings County, New York. Gonzalez was exonerated in 2002 by DNA evidence. Pacheco was exonerated in 2020."
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Innocence Proved By:	Exonerated by DNA evidence
Defendant Aided By:	New York attorney Glenn A. Garber and the Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$5.2 million total. $3.4 million (City of New York, 2008), $1.8 million (State of New York, 2008)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	25
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"After six years in prison man is cleared by DNA tests in 1995 killing," William Glaberson (staff), New York Times, April 25, 2002."
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Hector Gonzalez

Charge:

Second Degree Murder and Weapons charge

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

6.5

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Hector Gonzalez and Christian Pacheco were codefendants wrongly convicted of murder in Kings County, New York. Gonzalez was exonerated in 2002 by DNA evidence. Pacheco was exonerated in 2020."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Exonerated by DNA evidence

Defendant Aided By:

New York attorney Glenn A. Garber and the Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$5.2 million total. $3.4 million (City of New York, 2008), $1.8 million (State of New York, 2008)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"After six years in prison man is cleared by DNA tests in 1995 killing," William Glaberson (staff), New York Times, April 25, 2002."

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