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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
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Charge: |
Assault |
Sentence: |
Probation |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
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Location
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Washington |
Result:
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Not Judicially Exonerated |
Summary
of Case:
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One of the Wenatchee 43. Gary Filbeck can neither read nor write and has an IQ of 71. Falsely pled guilty to second-degree assault and fabricated testimony against Manuel Hidalgo to avoid being prosecuted by Chelan County Prosecutor Riesen for fabricated felony child abuse charges. |
Conviction
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Falsely pled guilty to second-degree assault to avoid having more serious false charges filed against him. Erroneous child abuse accusations by the children involved under the influence of a Wenatchee detective. |
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""Lies, lies and more lies,' says jailed man: Migrant farm worker an easy target," Andrew Schneider and Mike Barber, Seattle P-I, Feb. 25, 1998." |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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“Witch Hunt: a true story of social hysteria and abused justice,” Kathryn Lyon, Avon Books, NY, 1998. |
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Comments About Case: |
Falsely confessed |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org