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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
40 years to life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
4.67 |
Year Crime: |
2004 |
Year Convicted: |
2005 |
Year Cleared: |
2009 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
City of Crime: |
La Puente |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Lisa Pineda |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"In January 2007 the California Court of Appeals reversed Pineda's conviction and ordered a retrial on the basis the judge had prejudicially erred by failing to to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter so it didn't know it could have returned that as a verdict. After a retrial, on October 21, 2008 Pineda was acquitted by a jury of murder, but the jury didn't reach a verdict on on the reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter. The judge declared a mistrial on the lesser charge of manslaughter. Pineda was released on bond on November 25, 2008. On April 16, 2009 the prosecution's motion to dismiss the manslaughter charge was granted." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
30 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Lisa Pineda, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4636 |
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