Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
35 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
17.17 |
Year Crime: |
1993 |
Year Convicted: |
1994 |
Year Cleared: |
2019 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Illinois |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cook |
City of Crime: |
Chicago |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
#REF! |
Conviction Caused By: |
"Chicago Police Department Detective Reynaldo Guevara fabricated testimony and evidence to implicate suspects in a crime that included diecting witnesses who to pick out of a lineup, and extracting false confessions by beatings and torture. As of November 2019 14 men had their convictions overturned and charges dismissed or acquitted after a retrial due to Guevara's criminal conduct: Juan Johnson in 2004; Jacques Rivera in 2011; Jose Montanez and Armando Serrano in July 2016; Robert Almodovar and William Negron in April 2017; Jose Maysonet in November 2017; Gabriel Solache and Arturo DeLeon-Reyes in December 2017; Thomas Sierra in January 2018; Ariel Gomez in February 2018; Ricardo Rodriguez in March 2018; Robert Bouto in June 2018; and, Geraldo Iglesias in January 2019." |
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Defendant Aided By: |
Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School. |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
24 |
Age When Released: |
41 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
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"Geraldo Iglesias, National Registry of Exonerations" |
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