Jose Salazar

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	15 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	7
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Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted of murdering an infant girl in 1996 by shaking her to death. Conviction reversed in August 2003 by the CA Court of Appeals based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence.
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct of concealing exculpatory evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction vacated by the CA Court of Appeals
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Murder Conviction Overturned Because DA Withheld Evidence, Jim Crogan, August 15-21, 2004."
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Jose Salazar

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

15 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Wrongly convicted of murdering an infant girl in 1996 by shaking her to death. Conviction reversed in August 2003 by the CA Court of Appeals based on the prosecution's concealment of exculpatory evidence.

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct of concealing exculpatory evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction vacated by the CA Court of Appeals

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"Murder Conviction Overturned Because DA Withheld Evidence, Jim Crogan, August 15-21, 2004."

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