Ivan Seranno

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	18
Year Crime:	1987
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Philadelphia
City of Crime:	Philadelphia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ivan Seranno and Alfredo Domenech were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1988 of the first-degree murder of Juan "Junior" Martinez on May 29, 1987. Martinez was shoton a street corner in Kensington (Philadelphia). Both men were sentenced to life in prison. After the men had been imprisoned for more than a decade a witness came forward, and at a 2002 post-conviction hearing he testified that Martinez had been shot during a drug dispute, that he was present, and that neither Seranno or Domenech was present. Three years later, in October 2005, a state judge granted the men a new trial after determining the witness was credible, and the District Attorney's Office then made a motion to nullify the men's convictions and drop charges against them. The men were released on November 1, 2006, after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"After 18 years, two win freedom, L. Stuart Ditzen (staff writer), Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2005"
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Information Source 2:	"Wrongly imprisoned for 18 years, they rediscover the world, L. Stuart Ditzen (staff), Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2005"
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Ivan Seranno

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

18

Year Crime:

1987

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

36

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Male

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"After 18 years, two win freedom, L. Stuart Ditzen (staff writer), Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2005"

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"Wrongly imprisoned for 18 years, they rediscover the world, L. Stuart Ditzen (staff), Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2005"

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