Milton Lantigua

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Milton Lantigua was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison for a 1990 shooting death. Convicted after his second trial in 1992, after he had a hung jury in his first trial in 1991. His conviction was based on the perjured testimony of the prosecution's "eyewitness." Prosecutor's concealed the existence of a second witness who would have testified that Milton Lantigua was not the murderer. The state court of appeals reversed Lantigua's conviction in 1996. Arrested in 1990 and wrongly imprisoned for six years. Milton Lantigua was paid $300,000 compensation by the State of New York to settle his wrongful conviction lawsuit. Lantigua filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York that he settled for $1 million in February 2005."
Conviction Caused By:	"Prosecutorial misconduct by suborning perjury of the prosecution's "eyewitness," and concealing existence of an eyewitness who would have cleared Milton Lantigua of the murder"
Innocence Proved By:	NY State Ct of Appeal reversed the conviction in 1996.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$1.3 million total. $300,000 (State of New York) & $1 million (City of New York, Feb. 2005)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"When Prosecutors Err, Other Pay the Price, Andrea Elliott and Benjamin Weiser, NY Region section, NY Times, 03-21-2004"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/nyregion/21prosecute.html?ex=1395205200&en=98d6e5ec6680d5d7&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
Information Source 2:	"Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins $1 Million Settlement, Benjamin Weiser and Andrea Elliott, NY Times, February 5, 2005, Late Ed. Final, Sec. B, Pg. 3, Col. 5"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/nyregion/05settle.html
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Milton Lantigua

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Prosecutorial misconduct by suborning perjury of the prosecution's "eyewitness," and concealing existence of an eyewitness who would have cleared Milton Lantigua of the murder"

Innocence Proved By:

NY State Ct of Appeal reversed the conviction in 1996.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$1.3 million total. $300,000 (State of New York) & $1 million (City of New York, Feb. 2005)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"When Prosecutors Err, Other Pay the Price, Andrea Elliott and Benjamin Weiser, NY Region section, NY Times, 03-21-2004"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/nyregion/21prosecute.html?ex=1395205200&en=98d6e5ec6680d5d7&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

Information Source 2:

"Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins $1 Million Settlement, Benjamin Weiser and Andrea Elliott, NY Times, February 5, 2005, Late Ed. Final, Sec. B, Pg. 3, Col. 5"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/nyregion/05settle.html

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