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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
Year Crime: |
1990 |
Year Convicted: |
1991 |
Year Cleared: |
1995 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
County or Region of Crime: |
Denver |
City of Crime: |
Denver |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Alarico Medina was wrongly convicted in 1990 of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Medina was exonerated and released in 1995 when the actual murderer confessed. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Actual murderer confessed. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
Age When Imprisoned: |
25 |
Age When Released: |
30 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Rocky Mountain News, December 24, 1995" |
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Information Source 2: |
"Ritter: DNA over discipline, By Miles Moffeit, Denver Post, September 12, 2007" |
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http://www.denverpost.com/specialreports/ci_6866316 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org