Parra Nishimoto

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	15 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Tulsa
City of Crime:	Tulsa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Parra Nishimoto was wrongly convicted on November 16, 2007 of federal drug charges based on false evidence by Tulsa Police Department officers. Nishimoto was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Nishimoto was one of several dozen defendants who had their convictions overturned and the charges dismissed based on a federal grand jury investigation that in 2009 uncovered evidence at least eight Tulsa police officers and a former federal agent were involved in framing defendants, and they falsified search warrants, relied on nonexistent informants, and stole drugs and money.On July 20, 2010 the federal indictment of five Tulsa Police Department officers was unsealed."
Conviction Caused By:	"Corrupt Tulsa Police Department officers involved in falsifying search warrants, relying on nonexistent informants, and stealing drugs and money."
Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction vacated after discovery Tulsa Police Department relied on fake evidence for their arrest, and which was relied on for their conviction."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Police probe results dismiss 5 more cases, By Omer Gillham (staff), Tusla World (Tulsa, OK), July 3, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/police-probe-results-dismiss-more-cases/article_4c429510-f952-5891-8f9c-64d8c990c311.html
Information Source 2:	"Tulsa judge drops charges as result of probe, By Omer Gillham (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), September 20, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100920_11_a1_ulnsbo738575
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Parra Nishimoto

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Tulsa

City of Crime:

Tulsa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Corrupt Tulsa Police Department officers involved in falsifying search warrants, relying on nonexistent informants, and stealing drugs and money."

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction vacated after discovery Tulsa Police Department relied on fake evidence for their arrest, and which was relied on for their conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Police probe results dismiss 5 more cases, By Omer Gillham (staff), Tusla World (Tulsa, OK), July 3, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/police-probe-results-dismiss-more-cases/article_4c429510-f952-5891-8f9c-64d8c990c311.html

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"Tulsa judge drops charges as result of probe, By Omer Gillham (staff) Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), September 20, 2010"

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http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100920_11_a1_ulnsbo738575

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