Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Murder |
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15 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.25 |
Year Crime: |
2011 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Costa Rica |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Jorge Eduardo Guevara was wrongly convicted in 2012 of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. |
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Male |
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Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Hotel security guards conviction is overturned in death of Kansas student in Costa Rica, By Joe Robertson (staff), The Kansas City Star, October 2, 2013" |
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http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/02/4525448/hotel-security-guards-conviction.html |
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