Carlos Morillo

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	20
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Carlos Morillo was codefendant of Jose Garcia. Both men were wrongly convicted on January 8, 1993 of a 1991 murder in the Bronx, New York. In 2012 Morillo settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York for $7.5 million, and he was awarded compensation of $425,000 by the State of New York."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$7,925,000 total. $7.5 mil (City of New York, 2012) and $425,000 (State of New York, 2012)"
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	49
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Carlos Morillo, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3836
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Carlos Morillo

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$7,925,000 total. $7.5 mil (City of New York, 2012) and $425,000 (State of New York, 2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"Carlos Morillo, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3836

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