Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
First Degree Manslaughter |
Sentence: |
1 to 3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
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 |
Summary of Case: |
Rafael Lora |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Lora's conviction was overturned on by the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division on June 14, 2011 on the basis Lora didn't act recklessly therefore the evidence was insufficient he committed second degree manslaughter. The state Court of Appeals later upheld the ruling." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"People v. Lora, 85 AD 3d 487, 925 NYS 2d 38, 2011 (NY Appellate Div., 1st Dept., 6-14-2011)" |
Information Location 1: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7211701503428491670&q=%22Rafael+Lora%22&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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"Fired cop Rafael Lora seeks return to Finest after manslaughter conviction appeal upheld, By John Marzulli (staff), New York Daily News, June 20, 2012" |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fired-rafael-lora-seeks-return-finest-manslaughter-conviction-appeal-upheld-article-1.1098935 |
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