Miguel Roman

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	60 years
Years Imprisoned:	20
Year Crime:	1988
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	Hartford
City of Crime:	Hartford
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Miguel Roman was wrongly convicted in 1988 of murdering a 17-year-old in Hartford, Connecticut. Although blood tests at the time excluded Miguel Roman, the jury relied on eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence to convict Roman. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Exclusionary DNA testing unavailable at the time of Roman's trial led to the overturning of his conviction on December 19, 2008. The same tests identified another man, Pedro Miranda, as the assailant, and he was charged on Dec. 5, 2008 with capital felony murder. On April 2, 2009 the indictment was dismissed. The State of Connecticut awarded Roman $6,000,000 in compensation in February 2016."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"Exclusionary DNA testing unavailable at the time of Roman's trial led to the overturning of his conviction on December 19, 2008. On April 2, 2009 the indictment was dismissed."
Defendant Aided By:	Connecticut Innocence Project
Compensation Awarded:	"$6,000,000 (State of Connecticut, 2015)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	32
Age When Released:	52
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Man imprisoned for 20 years released; judge orders new trial, By Susan Haigh, The Hour (Hartford, CT), December 19, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thehour.com/story/461806
Information Source 2:	"DNA clears Conn. man jailed for 20 years, The Associated Press, April 2, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5guMCI78kr2HTQ47d2k_72T5NH0ewD97ADK182
Information Source 3:	"State Of Connecticut Awards $6 Million To Miguel Roman, Wrongly Imprisoned For Years, Alaine Griffin (Reporter), Hartford Courant, February 8, 2016"
Information Location 3:	http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-miguel-roman-wrongfully-imprisoned-award-0209-20160208-story.html
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Miguel Roman

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

60 years

Years Imprisoned:

20

Year Crime:

1988

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

Hartford

City of Crime:

Hartford

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

"Exclusionary DNA testing unavailable at the time of Roman's trial led to the overturning of his conviction on December 19, 2008. On April 2, 2009 the indictment was dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Connecticut Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

"$6,000,000 (State of Connecticut, 2015)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

32

Age When Released:

52

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Man imprisoned for 20 years released; judge orders new trial, By Susan Haigh, The Hour (Hartford, CT), December 19, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thehour.com/story/461806

Information Source 2:

"DNA clears Conn. man jailed for 20 years, The Associated Press, April 2, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5guMCI78kr2HTQ47d2k_72T5NH0ewD97ADK182

Information Source 3:

"State Of Connecticut Awards $6 Million To Miguel Roman, Wrongly Imprisoned For Years, Alaine Griffin (Reporter), Hartford Courant, February 8, 2016"

Information Location 3:

http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-miguel-roman-wrongfully-imprisoned-award-0209-20160208-story.html

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