Carlos Martinez Pena

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	180 days in jail and three years probation
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Carlos Martinez Pena and Manuel Espinoza Ferrera were codefendants wrongly convicted in Los Angeles County on February 25, 1997 of possessing cocaine base for sale. Both pled guilty and were sentenced to 180 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and three years probation. On May 4, 2000 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge vacated their convictions because the evidence against them was tainted by allegations of misconduct by Los Angeles police officers implicated in the ongoing Rampart corruption scandal."
Conviction Caused By:	Corrupt LAPD police officers.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 4, 2000 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge vacated their convictions because the evidence against them was tainted by allegations of misconduct by Los Angeles police officers implicated in the ongoing Rampart corruption scandal."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"6 Convictions Are Voided in Scandal; Rampart: Prosecutions of the men were tainted by alleged police misconduct. Number of felony cases thrown out rises to 73, By Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2000, B.3"
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Carlos Martinez Pena

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

180 days in jail and three years probation

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Corrupt LAPD police officers.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 4, 2000 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge vacated their convictions because the evidence against them was tainted by allegations of misconduct by Los Angeles police officers implicated in the ongoing Rampart corruption scandal."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"6 Convictions Are Voided in Scandal; Rampart: Prosecutions of the men were tainted by alleged police misconduct. Number of felony cases thrown out rises to 73, By Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2000, B.3"

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