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Wrongly
Convicted Database
Record
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Year Convicted: |
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Year
Cleared:
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2003 |
Location
of Trial:
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Chile |
Result:
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of murder based on falsely confessing under duress and without legal representation. In March 2003, details of a settlement were made public that provdes for a life-time pension and a public apology for the miscarriage of justice. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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False confession extracted by the police under duress and without access to a lawyer. |
Innocence
Proved By:
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Chile's Supreme Court reversed conviction.
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Information Source 1: |
World Report 2003: Chile, Human Rights Watch |
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http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/americas3.html |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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Hispanic |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
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