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Duarnis Perez

Years Imprisoned:	3.5
Charge:	Immigration Violation
Sentence:	4 years
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2006
Location of Trial:	Federal Case - New York
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted in 2000 of illegally re-entering the United States after his deportation to the Dominican Republic in 1994 after a drug conviction. Perez became a U.S. citizen in 1988. Released from federal prison custody on April 9, 2004. The Immigration Service attempted to deport him for a second time. Perez contested the deportation on the grounds he was a U.S. citizen. He also filed a lawsuit in 2005 against the federal BOP and the Dept of Justice claiming their was no legal basis for his prosecution, conviction or imprisonment. Wrongly imprisoned for 3-1/2 years.
Conviction Caused By:	Failure of federal investigators or prosecutors to verify that Perez was an illegal alien before his deportation in 1994, and his prosecution ofr illegal re-entry in 2000.
Innocence Proved By:	U.S. District Court judge in August 2006.
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	30
Information Source 1:	Perez v. United States, No. 1:05-CV-1294 (N.D.N.Y. 08/15/2006); 2006.NNY.0000291< http://www.versuslaw.com>
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Information Source 2:	Deported man was actually U.S. citizen, by Cara Anna (AP), Houston Chronicle, August 23, 2006
Information Location 2:	http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4135671.html
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Ethnicity/Skin:	Hispanic
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Duarnis Perez

Years Imprisoned:

3.5

Charge:

Immigration Violation

Sentence:

4 years

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2006

Location of Trial:

Federal Case - New York

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (either after completion of sentence or while released on appeal)

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Failure of federal investigators or prosecutors to verify that Perez was an illegal alien before his deportation in 1994, and his prosecution ofr illegal re-entry in 2000.

Innocence Proved By:

U.S. District Court judge in August 2006.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

30

Information Source 1:

Perez v. United States, No. 1:05-CV-1294 (N.D.N.Y. 08/15/2006); 2006.NNY.0000291< http://www.versuslaw.com>

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Deported man was actually U.S. citizen, by Cara Anna (AP), Houston Chronicle, August 23, 2006

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4135671.html

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Ethnicity/Skin:

Hispanic

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