Luis Ortiz

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1997
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2002
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"One of four co-defendants wrongly convicted of the 1997 murder of Sindulfo Miranda. The primary evidence against the four men were alleged confessions by two of the men, and the testimony of a police informant. The four men's convictions reversed in December 2002. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Luis Ortiz on the basis of his actual innocence."
Conviction Caused By:	"Police misconduct. Alleged confessions by the four co-defendants to a police informant, and alleged confessions by two of the four defendants led to the convictions of the other two co-defendants. The alleged confessions were fabricated by the police. One of the confessions was in English, when the defendant only spoke English, and the signature on the confession wasn't his."
Innocence Proved By:	"Actual murderers discovered. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Luis Ortiz on the basis of his actual innocence."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Bogus Confession: Feds: 2 prisoners will be freed after charges against drug ring," Joe Biesk, (AP), December 18, 2002"
Information Location 1:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/Bogus_Confession.htm
Information Source 2:	"Blagojevich pardons 26, including several wrongfully convicted of rape, murder, The Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/31/local/chi-blago-pardonoct31
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Luis Ortiz

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1997

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2002

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Actual murderers discovered. On October 30, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pardoned Luis Ortiz on the basis of his actual innocence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Bogus Confession: Feds: 2 prisoners will be freed after charges against drug ring," Joe Biesk, (AP), December 18, 2002"

Information Location 1:

http://www.truthinjustice.org/Bogus_Confession.htm

Information Source 2:

"Blagojevich pardons 26, including several wrongfully convicted of rape, murder, The Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2009"

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http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/31/local/chi-blago-pardonoct31

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