Tag wrongfully convicted

Francisco Leopoldo Zea López (Mexico)

Person in charge of the Francisco Leopoldo Zea López Case: Rodrigo Mendoza.   Case Summary Autor: Rodrigo Mendoza January 12, 2017 Translation: Jorge. B.    Official version  According to the “Arrest Police Report,” issued by police officers on August 30, 2009,…

The Judith Brassard Case (November 2, 2017)

Source: Le Soleil Author: Elisabeth Fleury November 2, 2017 Translation: Jasmine Soso (Original publication in French on April 1, 2017)   The Colombian Justice investigating false testimonies in the Judith Brassard Case Colombia’s attorney general opened an investigation for the…

The Judith Brassard Case (September 24, 2017)

Source: Droit Inc. Author: Delphine Jung September 24, 2017 (Original publication in French on June 1, 2017) Translation: Guy Simard   For the past two years, a Montreal-based attorney has been helping a woman from Quebec who was sentenced to…

The Pablo Solórzano Castro Case (September 24, 2017)

Source: Proceso Author: José Reveles September 24, 2017 (Original publication in Spanish on June 16, 2016) Translation: Jorge B.   Four and a half centuries in prison for alleged kidnapper of Fernando Martí … without any evidence. Pablo Solórzano Castro…

The Burns and Rafay Case (July 21, 2017)

Source: CBC News July 21, 2017 (Original publication in CBC News on January 22, 2016)   Rafay and Burns: 3 innocence projects now believe men innocent 3 innocence projects, legal organizations that fight for wrongfully accused, have taken on case.…

The Cynthia Cantú Muñoz Case (June 17, 2017)

Source: Notigodínez Autor: Juan Carlos Godínez Zapata El 17 de junio de 2017 Traducción: Lina Olvera (Versión original en español el 28 de noviembre de 2015)   Inmate Reports drug sales in Chalco Penitentiary … and “authorities” punish her. Areli…

The Luis Fernando Almario Rojas Case (January 29, 2017)

Source: RCI Author: Martin Movilla June 2, 2016 (Original publication in Spanish on January 4, 2017) Translation: Jorge B. The release of former Colombian Congressman Luis Fernando Almario was also celebrated in Canada.  The Canadian Association for Rights and Truth…