Angel Santos

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
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Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Hillsborough
City of Crime:	Nashua
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Angel Santos was wrongly convicted in July 2011 of first-degree assault. After his trial his public defenderr discovered that one of the jurors had violated the judges order not to do any research about the case or rely on any extrinsic evidence during deliberations. Santos' conviction was vacated by the trial judge based on the juror misconduct, and he was acquitted after a retrial in January 2012."
Conviction Caused By:	Jury misconduct of conducting Internet research about Santos and the case.
Innocence Proved By:	Acquitted after a retrial in January 2012.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Nashua juror who caused conviction to be overturned among May indictments in Hillsborough County, By Patrick Meighan (staff), Nashua Telegraph, May 19, 2012"
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Angel Santos

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Hillsborough

City of Crime:

Nashua

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Jury misconduct of conducting Internet research about Santos and the case.

Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial in January 2012.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Nashua juror who caused conviction to be overturned among May indictments in Hillsborough County, By Patrick Meighan (staff), Nashua Telegraph, May 19, 2012"

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http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/961457-196/nashua-juror-who-caused-conviction-to-be.html

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