Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing |
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Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Queens |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Marcia Minaya Diaz |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Marcia Minaya Diaz was acquitted by a jury on September 2, 2015 after her retrial." |
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Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Woman's conviction for smuggling cocaine in luggage at JFK overturned, By John Marzulli (Staff writer), New York Daily News, September 5, 2015" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-woman-drug-smuggling-conviction-tossed-article-1.2349590 |
Information Source 2: |
"Jury overturns woman's conviction for smuggling cocaine in luggage from the C'bean, By CMC (New York), Jamaica Observer, September 06, 2015" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jury-overturns-woman-s-conviction-for-smuggling-cocaine-in-luggage-from-the-C-bean |
Information Source 3: |
"USA v. Minaya Diaz, No. 1:14-cr-00657, New York Eastern District Court, Case docket" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/2kk5j650z/new-york-eastern-district-court/usa-v-minaya-diaz/ |
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