Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	50 years
Years Imprisoned:	23
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mexico
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City of Crime:	Mexico City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd was wrongly convicted in 1992 of the double murder of the couple he was living with in Mexico City. There was no evidence implicating Del Campo Dodd -- a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States -- in the crime except for his confession that he recanted as coerced by police torture. After del Campo Dodd's conviction he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Years after his convictiona police officer admitted that he and other police officers had tortured him. But the authorities ignored that and other evidence of his torture, including medical reports. When del Campo Dodd discovered that non-disclosed evidence, he filed a petition to overturn his conviction. On September 4, 2014 Amnesty International released its report: "Mexico: Shocking rise in reports of torture and ill-treatment as authorities turn a blind eye." On March 18, 2015 Mexico's Supreme Court vacated del Campo Dodd's conviction on the basis that there was no incriminating evidence linking him to the double murder other than his confession that was inadmissible because it was extracted by torture. The Court ordered del Campo Dodd's immediate release after 23 years in custody."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession coerced by police torture.
Innocence Proved By:	"On March 18, 2015 Mexico's Supreme Court vacated del Campo Dodd's conviction on the basis that there was no incriminating evidence linking him to the double murder other than his confession that was inadmissible because it was extracted by torture. The Court ordered del Campo Dodd's immediate release after 23 years in custody."
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Information Source 1:	"Mexico Supreme Court frees man after 23 years in jail, BBC News, March 19, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31963019
Information Source 2:	alfonsomartindelcampododd.com
Information Location 2:	http://www.alfonsomartindelcampododd.com/
Information Source 3:	"Mexico: Torture victim released after two decades behind bars, Amnesty International, March 19, 2015"
Information Location 3:	https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/03/mexico-torture-victim-released-after-two-decades-behind-bars/
Information Source 4:	"Mexico: Shocking rise in reports of torture and ill-treatment as authorities turn a blind eye, Amnesty International, September 4, 2014"
Information Location 4:	https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2014/09/mexico-shocking-rise-reports-torture-and-ill-treatment-authorities-turn-blind-eye/
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Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

23

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mexico

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Mexico City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession coerced by police torture.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Mexico Supreme Court frees man after 23 years in jail, BBC News, March 19, 2015"

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31963019

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alfonsomartindelcampododd.com

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http://www.alfonsomartindelcampododd.com/

Information Source 3:

"Mexico: Torture victim released after two decades behind bars, Amnesty International, March 19, 2015"

Information Location 3:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/03/mexico-torture-victim-released-after-two-decades-behind-bars/

Information Source 4:

"Mexico: Shocking rise in reports of torture and ill-treatment as authorities turn a blind eye, Amnesty International, September 4, 2014"

Information Location 4:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2014/09/mexico-shocking-rise-reports-torture-and-ill-treatment-authorities-turn-blind-eye/

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