Tag: Fernando Bermudez
By Jeralyn, Section Innocence Cases
Posted on Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 02:32:38 PM EST
Tags: wrongful conviction, Fernando Bermudez (all tags)
Posted on Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 02:32:38 PM EST
Tags: wrongful conviction, Fernando Bermudez (all tags)
Fernando Bermudez cried as the Judge vacated his murder conviction today, after serving 18 years in prison. There will be no retrial, his case was dismissed.
Bermudez ''has demonstrated his actual innocence,'' state Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo said. ''This court wishes to express its profound regret over the past 18 years. I hope for you a better future.''
He was not freed immediately due to a pending 27 month federal sentence on drug charges. How was he convicted? Faulty eyewitness evidence and another participant in the fight in which the victim was killed got immunity for pinning it on Bermudez. [More...]
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