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Alberto Ramos

Years Imprisoned:	7
Charge:	Child Abuse
Sentence:	8-1-3 to 25 years
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1992
Location of Trial:	New York
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	One of The Bronx Five: 5 men working at day care centers in the Bronx prosecuted by Mario Merola. Alberto Ramos was convicted in May 1985 of child abuse and sentenced to 8-1/3 to 25 yrs in prison. His conviction was overturned on appeal in 1992. Ramos settled a wrongful conviction lawsuit agaisnt the City of New York in December 2003 for $5 million in damages. Ramos was represented by New York City attorney Joel Rudin.
Conviction Caused By:	Interview techniques of the children involved that produced false testimony and the implantation of false memories.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed on appeal in 1993.
Defendant Aided By:	"Attorney Joel B. Rudin represented all five of The Bronx Five during stages of the appeal process. He said: "It was appalling, frightening .. It was the product of a very ambitious prosecutor who saw a good story and jumped on a national bandwagon. The true victims were the defendants.""
Compensation Awarded:	$5 million
Was Perpetrator Found?
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	29
Information Source 1:	Frontline: Innocence Lost - Other Well-Known Cases
Information Location 1:	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/innocence/etc/other.html
Information Source 2:	Ritual Abuse Cases In Westchester, New York State
Information Location 2:	http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_westc.htm
Information Source 3:	City Gives $5 Million to Man Wrongly Imprisoned in Child Rape, Andrea Elliott (staff), NY Times, Dec 16, 2003
Information Location 3:	http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/nyregion/16RAMO.html
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Ethnicity/Skin:	Latino
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Alberto Ramos

Years Imprisoned:

7

Charge:

Child Abuse

Sentence:

8-1-3 to 25 years

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1992

Location of Trial:

New York

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Interview techniques of the children involved that produced false testimony and the implantation of false memories.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed on appeal in 1993.

Defendant Aided By:

"Attorney Joel B. Rudin represented all five of The Bronx Five during stages of the appeal process. He said: "It was appalling, frightening .. It was the product of a very ambitious prosecutor who saw a good story and jumped on a national bandwagon. The true victims were the defendants.""

Compensation Awarded:

$5 million

Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

29

Information Source 1:

Frontline: Innocence Lost - Other Well-Known Cases

Information Location 1:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/innocence/etc/other.html

Information Source 2:

Ritual Abuse Cases In Westchester, New York State

Information Location 2:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_westc.htm

Information Source 3:

City Gives $5 Million to Man Wrongly Imprisoned in Child Rape, Andrea Elliott (staff), NY Times, Dec 16, 2003

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/nyregion/16RAMO.html

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Ethnicity/Skin:

Latino

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