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https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-inmate-released-25-years-death-row-233645134.html
In 1991 a 2 year old girl was found dead outside her mother's home.
Vicente Benavides was babysitting the little girl , who was the daughter of his girlfriend. He told police he lost track of the girl and later found her outside injured. Benavides and the girl's mother took her to the ER but she died a week later. On the opinion of 'experts' he was tried and found guilty of rape and murder and sentenced to Death Row. But nearly all the medical examiners (the 'experts' ) later recanted.
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A forensic pathologist concluded that the girl died from injuries indicative of being sodomized, and several doctors testified that the girl's injuries were caused by sexual assault.
But nearly all later recanted, saying they hadn't seen her full medical records that indicated there was no evidence of sexual assault when the girl was first hospitalized.
They also said her genital and other injuries may have been caused by her medical treatment and some said the purported cause of death was "anatomically impossible," according to the state Supreme Court's ruling.
One expert on child abuse said the girl likely had been hit by a car, not sexually assaulted.
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Not only are cases like this a good example of doing away with Capital Punishment, but there really needs to be criminal repercussions for FALSE testimony, because it does put not-guilty persons behind bars for life.
In 1991 a 2 year old girl was found dead outside her mother's home.
Vicente Benavides was babysitting the little girl , who was the daughter of his girlfriend. He told police he lost track of the girl and later found her outside injured. Benavides and the girl's mother took her to the ER but she died a week later. On the opinion of 'experts' he was tried and found guilty of rape and murder and sentenced to Death Row. But nearly all the medical examiners (the 'experts' ) later recanted.
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A forensic pathologist concluded that the girl died from injuries indicative of being sodomized, and several doctors testified that the girl's injuries were caused by sexual assault.
But nearly all later recanted, saying they hadn't seen her full medical records that indicated there was no evidence of sexual assault when the girl was first hospitalized.
They also said her genital and other injuries may have been caused by her medical treatment and some said the purported cause of death was "anatomically impossible," according to the state Supreme Court's ruling.
One expert on child abuse said the girl likely had been hit by a car, not sexually assaulted.
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Not only are cases like this a good example of doing away with Capital Punishment, but there really needs to be criminal repercussions for FALSE testimony, because it does put not-guilty persons behind bars for life.