Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Possession & Trafficking |
Sentence: |
9-1/2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.92 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Canada |
County or Region of Crime: |
Alberta |
City of Crime: |
Edmonton |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Sindy Paola Rodriguez |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On May 12, 2015 Rodriguez was acquitted after her retrial following a bench (judge only) trial. Rodriguez was imprisoned for 23 months before her conviction was overturned on appeal and she was released on bail pending her retrial." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
23 |
Age When Released: |
25 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Acquittal in Edmonton decorative-candle drug trial, By Tony Blais (Staff writer), Edmonton Sun, May 12, 2015" |
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/05/12/woman-has-drug-conviction-overturned |
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