Victor Ortiz

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Charge:	Rape
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Orange
City of Crime:	Newburgh
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Victor Ortiz was wrongly convicted on January 17, 1984 of the rape and sodomy of a woman on January 8, 1983 in Newburgh, New York. Ortiz was 24 when arrested on March 24, 1983. After his conviction by a jury Ortiz was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Ortiz as the woman's assailant and his conviction was overturned, the charges were dismissed, and he was released in 1996. Ortiz was awarded $530,638.43 in compensation by the New York Court of Claims on March 28, 2000: $500,000 for non-pecuniary losses, plus $30,658.43 for past lost wages."
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Innocence Proved By:	Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Ortiz as the woman's assailant.
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project NY
Compensation Awarded:	"$530,638.43 (State of New York, 3-28-2000)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Ortiz v. The State Of New York, #2000-017-001, Claim No. 96390 (NY Ct of Claims, March 28, 2000) (Awarding total compensation of $538,638.43)"
Information Location 1:	http://vertumnus.courts.state.ny.us/claims/search/display.html?terms=unjust%20conviction&url=/claims/html/2000-017-001.html
Information Source 2:	"Victor Ortiz, Innocence Project database"
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=41
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Victor Ortiz

Charge:

Rape

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Orange

City of Crime:

Newburgh

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Post-conviction DNA testing excluded Ortiz as the woman's assailant.

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project NY

Compensation Awarded:

"$530,638.43 (State of New York, 3-28-2000)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Ortiz v. The State Of New York, #2000-017-001, Claim No. 96390 (NY Ct of Claims, March 28, 2000) (Awarding total compensation of $538,638.43)"

Information Location 1:

http://vertumnus.courts.state.ny.us/claims/search/display.html?terms=unjust%20conviction&url=/claims/html/2000-017-001.html

Information Source 2:

"Victor Ortiz, Innocence Project database"

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=41

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