Bernard Vindiola

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	5 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2.5
Year Crime:	1976
Year Convicted:	1977
Year Cleared:	1979
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Fresno
City of Crime:	Fowler
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Bernard Vindiola was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in California. Vindiola was sentenced to 5 years to life in prison.
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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:	"People v. Vindiola, 96 Cal.App.3d 370 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979)"
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Bernard Vindiola

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

5 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2.5

Year Crime:

1976

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

1979

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Fresno

City of Crime:

Fowler

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Bernard Vindiola was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in California. Vindiola was sentenced to 5 years to life in prison.

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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"People v. Vindiola, 96 Cal.App.3d 370 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979)"

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https://casetext.com/case/people-v-vindiola-1

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