Anastacio Vargas

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3.5
Year Crime:	1925
Year Convicted:	1926
Year Cleared:	1929
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Bexar
City of Crime:	San Antonio
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Anastacio Vargas was wrongly convicted in 1926 of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Vargas was released from prison in 1929..
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 165."
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Information Source 2:	"Vargas v. State, 104 Tex. Crim. 283 (Tex. Crim. App. 1926) (Affirming conviction and sentence.)"
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Anastacio Vargas

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3.5

Year Crime:

1925

Year Convicted:

1926

Year Cleared:

1929

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Bexar

City of Crime:

San Antonio

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Anastacio Vargas was wrongly convicted in 1926 of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Vargas was released from prison in 1929..

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 165."

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"Vargas v. State, 104 Tex. Crim. 283 (Tex. Crim. App. 1926) (Affirming conviction and sentence.)"

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https://casetext.com/case/vargas-v-state-3

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