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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2018, 01:16 AM Apr 2018

California inmate released after 25 years on death row

Source: Associated Press

Updated 9:35 pm, Thursday, April 19, 2018

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A man who spent nearly 25 years on California's death row was freed Thursday after his conviction in the rape and killing of his girlfriend's nearly 2-year-old daughter was overturned.

Vicente Benavides, 68, was released from San Quentin State Prison following a judge's order, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Benavides, who had been on death row since June 1993, was freed after the state Supreme Court ruled last month that false medical testimony was presented at his trial.

The Innocence Project, which helped secure Benavides' freedom, tweeted a photo of him and one of his attorneys posing along San Quentin's Main Street shortly after his release.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/California-inmate-released-after-25-years-on-12849214.php

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California inmate released after 25 years on death row (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2018 OP

Wow denbot Apr 2018 #1

Whoever lied owes that man 25 years. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #5

and the perp has gotten away w/ it. pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #2

The perp was probably a hit and run driver. marble falls Apr 2018 #3

Situations like this Jake Stern Apr 2018 #4

And if it was up to our pro-DP friends, he'd be dead already. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #6

denbot

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1. Wow

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 03:34 AM

Apr 2018

Twenty six years on death row, and probably behind bars during the trial. What a nightmare. What a crime. Who ever submitted false evidence should be charged themselves if it proves to be intentional or neglectful.