Damaso Vega

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	7
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Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Monmouth
City of Crime:	Long Branch
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Damaso Vega was wrongly convicted of the 1982 murder of his best friends 16 year-old daughter. At a post-conviction evidentiary hearing in 1989 the State's three primary witnesses all recanted their trial testimony implicating Damaso Vega as the murderer. A NJ Superior Ct judge freed Mr. Vega in November 1989 after ruling the three witnesses had perjured themselves at his trial.
Conviction Caused By:	Perjured testimony of three witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	Investigation by Centurion Ministries that uncovered the perjury by the witnesses and otherwise undermined the state's case.
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 1:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 2:	""After 7 Years in Prison, He Walks Free," Paul D'Ambrosio, The Asbury Park Press, Nov. 18, 1989."
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Damaso Vega

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Monmouth

City of Crime:

Long Branch

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjured testimony of three witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

Investigation by Centurion Ministries that uncovered the perjury by the witnesses and otherwise undermined the state's case.

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

Centurion Ministries website

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

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""After 7 Years in Prison, He Walks Free," Paul D'Ambrosio, The Asbury Park Press, Nov. 18, 1989."

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