Jose Luis Pena

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	13
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Leon
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Jose Luis Pena
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutors concealed exculpatory statements.
Innocence Proved By:	"Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jose Luis Pena's conviction on September 28, 2011 and the Leon County prosecutor later dropped the charges and Pena was released."
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Age When Imprisoned:	36
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Jose Luis Pena v. State of Texas, 353 SW 3d 797 (Tex. Ct of Criminal Appeals, 2011)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15080410509451096754&q=JOSE+LUIS+PENA+2011+texas&hl=en&as_sdt=4,44"
Information Source 2:	"Jose Luis Pena v. State of Texas, 353 SW 3d 797 (Tex. Ct of Criminal Appeals, 2011)"
Information Location 2:	http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/21597.html
Information Source 3:	"Life in Prison for Hemp, By Jordan Smith, The Austin Chronicle, March 16, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-03-16/life-in-prison-for-hemp/all/
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Jose Luis Pena

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

13

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Leon

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Jose Luis Pena

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutors concealed exculpatory statements.

Innocence Proved By:

"Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jose Luis Pena's conviction on September 28, 2011 and the Leon County prosecutor later dropped the charges and Pena was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

36

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Jose Luis Pena v. State of Texas, 353 SW 3d 797 (Tex. Ct of Criminal Appeals, 2011)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15080410509451096754&q=JOSE+LUIS+PENA+2011+texas&hl=en&as_sdt=4,44"

Information Source 2:

"Jose Luis Pena v. State of Texas, 353 SW 3d 797 (Tex. Ct of Criminal Appeals, 2011)"

Information Location 2:

http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/21597.html

Information Source 3:

"Life in Prison for Hemp, By Jordan Smith, The Austin Chronicle, March 16, 2012"

Information Location 3:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-03-16/life-in-prison-for-hemp/all/

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