Quedellis Ricardo Walker

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1991
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Santa Clara
City of Crime:	Cupertino
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Quedellis Ricardo Walker was wrongly convicted of murder. Rick Walker was sentenced to life in prison. Based on new scientific evidence Walker's conviction was awarded a new trial and the charges were then dismissed by the Santa Clara County DA. Walker was released on June 9, 2003. The day of his release an Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu told a crowd of reporters outside the courthouse, "Rick Walker is factually innocent. There's some scientific evidence that indicates beyond any doubt that he's factually innocent," Walker was awarded $421,000 in compensation on September 19, 2003 by the State of California for 12 years of wrongful imprisonment. Quedellis Walker filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Santa Clara County, which agreed in 2007 to pay him $2.75 million to settle the suit. Walker was paid a total of $3,171,000 in compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjured testimony by witnesses that made secret deals with the prosecutor. Police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, attorney error and trial error (no mistrial after codefendant was allowed to cut plead guilty after cutting a deal for leniency and testify against Walker)."
Innocence Proved By:	Scientific evidence proved Walker's innocence
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:	"$3,171,000 total. $421,000 (Sept. 2003 by the State of California) and $2.75 million (in 2007 by Santa Clara County)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	46
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Murky road to wrongful conviction, By Noam Levey, San Jose Mercury News, June 22, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.spielbauer.com/Walker.htm
Information Source 2:	"Dogged family friend wins man his freedom: He served 12 years for slaying he didn't commit, Harriet Chiang (Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer), SF Chronicle, June 10, 2003."
Information Location 2:	http://www.truthinjustice.org/rick-walker.htm
Information Source 3:	"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"
Information Location 3:	http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/
Information Source 4:	"Wrongfully convicted San Jose man to receive $1 million settlement from Santa Clara County, By Tracey Kaplan (staff writer), San Jose Mercury News, August 15, 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13118342?source=most_viewed
Information Source 5:	"In the Matter of the Claim of Quedellis Ricardo Walker, No. G537834, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, September 19, 2003"
Information Location 5:	http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Ochoa.pdf
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Quedellis Ricardo Walker

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1991

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Santa Clara

City of Crime:

Cupertino

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjured testimony by witnesses that made secret deals with the prosecutor. Police misconduct, prosecutor misconduct, attorney error and trial error (no mistrial after codefendant was allowed to cut plead guilty after cutting a deal for leniency and testify against Walker)."

Innocence Proved By:

Scientific evidence proved Walker's innocence

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$3,171,000 total. $421,000 (Sept. 2003 by the State of California) and $2.75 million (in 2007 by Santa Clara County)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

46

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Murky road to wrongful conviction, By Noam Levey, San Jose Mercury News, June 22, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://www.spielbauer.com/Walker.htm

Information Source 2:

"Dogged family friend wins man his freedom: He served 12 years for slaying he didn't commit, Harriet Chiang (Chronicle Legal Affairs Writer), SF Chronicle, June 10, 2003."

Information Location 2:

http://www.truthinjustice.org/rick-walker.htm

Information Source 3:

"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"

Information Location 3:

http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/

Information Source 4:

"Wrongfully convicted San Jose man to receive $1 million settlement from Santa Clara County, By Tracey Kaplan (staff writer), San Jose Mercury News, August 15, 2009"

Information Location 4:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13118342?source=most_viewed

Information Source 5:

"In the Matter of the Claim of Quedellis Ricardo Walker, No. G537834, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, September 19, 2003"

Information Location 5:

http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Ochoa.pdf

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