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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder and Weapons charge |
Sentence: |
25 years to Life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
24.15 |
Year Crime: |
1995 |
Year Convicted: |
1996 |
Year Cleared: |
2020 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Kings |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Christian Pacheco and Hector Gonzalez were codefendants wrongly convicted of murder in Kings County, New York. Gonzalez was exonerated in 2002 by DNA evidence. Pacheco was exonerated in 2020." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Exonerated by DNA evidence |
Defendant Aided By: |
Kings County Criminal Case Review Unit |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
18 |
Age When Released: |
43 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Man wrongly convicted in 1995 Brooklyn gang murder sues the state for $100 million, By Noah Goldberg and Michael Gartland (Staff), New York Daily News, February 20, 2020" |
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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-pacheco-wrongful-conviction-brooklyn-murder-lawsuit-20200220-i76lyu27zjfxxhttuilugtqg3e-story.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org