David Lemus

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	14
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	New York
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"David Lemus was co-defendant of Olmedo Hidalgo. The two men were wrongly convicted in 1993 of the 1990 murder of a bouncer at New York's Palladium nightclub. After new evidence of the men's innocence was discovered, the conviction of both men were vacated in 2005. The prosecution conceded in July 2005 that there was no evidence Hidalgo was involved in the murder and his conviction was subsequently vacated. The prosecution announced it would retry Lemus, but he was released in 2005 on bail pending his retrial. During Lemus' retrial Thomas "Spanky" Morales testified in a sealed courtroom that he, and not Hidalgo or Lemus, committed the murder. On December 6, 2007 Lemus was acquitted after his retrial. He had been wrongly imprisoned for 14 years."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Man Convicted in Club Death Is Acquitted at Second Trial, By Anemona Hartocollis (staff), New York Times, December 7, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/nyregion/07palladium.html?scp=1&sq=david+lemus&st=nyt
Information Source 2:	"Unlikely Champions of the Convicted, By Andre Jacobs (staff), New York Times, July 5, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22152228/
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David Lemus

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

14

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

New York

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 6, 2007 Lemus was acquitted after his retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Man Convicted in Club Death Is Acquitted at Second Trial, By Anemona Hartocollis (staff), New York Times, December 7, 2007"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/nyregion/07palladium.html?scp=1&sq=david+lemus&st=nyt

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"Unlikely Champions of the Convicted, By Andre Jacobs (staff), New York Times, July 5, 2005"

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22152228/

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