Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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First Degree Murder |
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Death |
Years Imprisoned: |
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Year Convicted: |
1983 |
Year Cleared: |
1987 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Juan F. Ramos was wrongly convicted in 1983 of first-degree murder in Florida. Ramos was sentenced to death. Ramos' conviction was overturned in 1987 and he was released. |
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Male |
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Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases, Michael L Radelet, HugoAdam Bedau, and Constance E. Putnam, Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1996 pb ed. with new forward, 340 ( © 1992)." |
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Death Penalty Information Center |
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http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/Innocentlist.html |
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