Daniel Larsen

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Charge:	Possession of concealed weapon
Sentence:	28 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13.75
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Northridge
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Daniel Larsen was wrongly convicted in 1999 of possessing a concealed weapon in Los Angeles County, California. Larsen was sentenced to 27 years to life imprisonment. Larsen's federal habeas corpus petition was granted based on three new witnesses who established that he had been misidentified by two police officers. While he was awaiting retrial he was released from custody on March 19, 2013. The charges were dismissed in 2014."
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Innocence Proved By:	The charges were dismissed against Daniel Larsen in 2014.
Defendant Aided By:	California Innocence Project
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	44
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Actually innocent' man freed after 13 years, By Joseph Serna (Staff), Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/19/local/la-me-innocent-20130320
Information Source 2:	"After 13 Years in Prison, Man Found Innocent of Crime Freed: Daniel Larsen was sentenced to 27-years-to-life in prison for a crime a judge ruled he didn't commit, By Jason Kandel, NBC 4 (Los Angeles), March 19, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Daniel-Larsen-Murder-Conviction-Overturned-Innocence-Project-198996291.html
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Daniel Larsen

Charge:

Possession of concealed weapon

Sentence:

28 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13.75

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Northridge

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

The charges were dismissed against Daniel Larsen in 2014.

Defendant Aided By:

California Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Actually innocent' man freed after 13 years, By Joseph Serna (Staff), Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/19/local/la-me-innocent-20130320

Information Source 2:

"After 13 Years in Prison, Man Found Innocent of Crime Freed: Daniel Larsen was sentenced to 27-years-to-life in prison for a crime a judge ruled he didn't commit, By Jason Kandel, NBC 4 (Los Angeles), March 19, 2013"

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http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Daniel-Larsen-Murder-Conviction-Overturned-Innocence-Project-198996291.html

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