Rene Santana

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	1974
Year Convicted:	1976
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Essex
City of Crime:	Newark
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Rene Santana was wrongly convicted in 1976 and freed in February 1986 with the aid of Centurion Ministries. Deported to the Dominican Republic after his exoneration.
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Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	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, 343 ( © 1992)."
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Information Source 2:	""Cleared Murder Suspect Deported to Dominican Republic," Guy Sterling, The Star Ledger, February 25, 1986"
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Information Source 3:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 3:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
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Rene Santana

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

1974

Year Convicted:

1976

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Essex

City of Crime:

Newark

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Rene Santana was wrongly convicted in 1976 and freed in February 1986 with the aid of Centurion Ministries. Deported to the Dominican Republic after his exoneration.

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

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, 343 ( © 1992)."

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""Cleared Murder Suspect Deported to Dominican Republic," Guy Sterling, The Star Ledger, February 25, 1986"

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Centurion Ministries website

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http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

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