Alberto Santofimio

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Charge:	Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)
Sentence:	24 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Colombia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2007 of masterminding the 1989 assassination of Columbia's presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan. Alberto Santofimio was sentenced to 24 years in prison. On October 22, 2008 an appeal tribunal found there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and ordered Santofimio's immediate release."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 22, 2008 an appeal tribunal found there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and ordered Santofimio's immediate release."
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Information Source 1:	"Colombia court overturns conviction in Galan case, Associated Press, October 22, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jkV8ERnSEv0JSdUlgysbpBqGRy7wD93VUK1O4
Information Source 2:	"Court annuls conviction in Colombian hit, Reuters, October 23, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2226500
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Alberto Santofimio

Charge:

Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)

Sentence:

24 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Colombia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 22, 2008 an appeal tribunal found there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and ordered Santofimio's immediate release."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Colombia court overturns conviction in Galan case, Associated Press, October 22, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jkV8ERnSEv0JSdUlgysbpBqGRy7wD93VUK1O4

Information Source 2:

"Court annuls conviction in Colombian hit, Reuters, October 23, 2008"

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http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2226500

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