Alexander Torres was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for the murder he did not commit. He landed there despite the shaky witness testimony, the fact that he was wearing the actor at the time would make it unlikely that the trigger would cause the trigger, and multiple people said he was at his mother’s birthday party at the time.
Torres received a $14 million reward Tuesday morning as the Los Angeles County Supervisory Board settled his federal civil lawsuit.
After the judge found out that he was actually innocent in April 2022, the supervisor authorized the 45-year-old to return to his original state with a 5-0 vote.
The settlement was also conducted in Torres along with the California Innocent Project in the former Los Angeles County District. Atti. George Gascón and his office’s conviction integrity department pushed for a new judicial review in 2021.
Amy Kimpel is associate professor of law and executive director of the Western California Innocence and Justice Clinic, formerly known as the California Innocence Program. She emailed The Times and said she was happy to hear about the solution.
“Mr. Torres was locked in the whole of his 20s and 30s – most of us are committed to building careers and families,” she said. “Money can’t return this time to Mr. Torres, but it can ease the struggles related to the re-entry of society and alleviate the harm caused to Mr. Torres by 20 years of unlawful imprisonment.”
She added that his victory reaffirmed the commitment of clinic staff to injustice.
Torres accepts Gasco’s official apology At a press conference on June 1, 2022the former district attorney said it is important to “put yourself in charge and take responsibility.”
Torres was arrested on January 18, 2001 in the Martin “Casper” shooting of Gitteron a few hours before midnight on December 31.
Two witnesses identified Torres in the killing, but each shaky in their own way.
The first witness said Torres and Gitteron didn’t know each other (actually they have a long history), and Torres was determined only after several rounds of inquiries from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide investigators.
A second witness later admitted that he picked Torres from the photo lineup because he was very similar to the actual shooter.
Investigators claim Summary Correctional Action Plan The supervisor shared that Torres did not provide “consistent adverse Billy”. But Torres insists he celebrated the New Year at his mother’s home in Paramount.
Several family members guaranteed Torres’s celebration, which was also his mother’s birthday party.
During that event, Torres also wore a cast, which would make the trigger unlikely.
Torres was convicted of second-degree murder and on June 12, 2001, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in a state prison for 40 years.
The verdict was evacuated by a judge in October 2021. Torres and Gascon then filed a joint motion to acquit the fact, which was approved in April 2022.
Find the record of the cleared Torres.
Torres filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County on October 13, 2022 Claims that the Sheriff’s Department and its detectives failed to disclose evidence of deprivation.
Homicide detectives exploded on various “key and critical issues” in the summary corrective action plan.
The detective’s questions about the lineup of photos were considered too suggestive, and the two witnesses were not separated, thus having a potential impact.
Although homicide detectives said they submitted notes on the case to prosecutors and defense attorneys, neither the district attorney’s file nor the sheriff’s department contained evidence that the file was shared.
The two detectives are said to have overlooked new information about Torres pointing out another suspect after his conviction.
