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Ricardo Rodriguez

 

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder

Sentence:

90 years

Years Imprisoned:

22.25

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2018

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

#REF!

Conviction Caused By:

"Chicago Police Department Detective Reynaldo Guevara fabricated testimony and evidence to implicate suspects in a crime that included diecting witnesses who to pick out of a lineup, and extracting false confessions by beatings and torture. As of November 2019 14 men had their convictions overturned and charges dismissed or acquitted after a retrial due to Guevara's criminal conduct: Juan Johnson in 2004; Jacques Rivera in 2011; Jose Montanez and Armando Serrano in July 2016; Robert Almodovar and William Negron in April 2017; Jose Maysonet in November 2017; Gabriel Solache and Arturo DeLeon-Reyes in December 2017; Thomas Sierra in January 2018; Ariel Gomez in February 2018; Ricardo Rodriguez in March 2018; Robert Bouto in June 2018; and, Geraldo Iglesias in January 2019."

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School and attorneys Russell Ainsworth and Tara Thompson.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"Ricardo Rodriguez, National Registry of Exonerations"

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