{"id":2046803,"date":"2023-09-27T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-released-after-28-years-in-prison-cleared-by-dna\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:29:48","slug":"man-released-after-28-years-in-prison-cleared-by-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-released-after-28-years-in-prison-cleared-by-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Man freed after 28 years in jail, exonerated by DNA."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-released-after-28-years-in-prison-cleared-by-dna%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2046803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DNA Conviction Overturned In this photo provided by The\u200d Innocence Center and the California Innocence Project, Gerardo\u200d Cabanillas\u200d waves from outside the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles after\u2062 his release on Tuesday, Sept. 26,\u2063 2023. (Laurence Colletti\/Legal Talk Network \u2064via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>12:09\u200c PM \u2013\u2064 Wednesday, September 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A California \u2064man \u200cwho spent almost 30 years in prison for kidnapping, raping, and robbing a couple, has been released \u200bafter he was cleared by DNA evidence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, prosecutors in the Los \u2062Angeles county district announced the exoneration of Gerardo Cabanillas, who had been in prison for 28 years for allegedly robbing a man and kidnapping\u2063 and sexually assaulting a woman \u200bdating back to 1995. <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles \u200dCounty District George Gasc\u00f3n\u200c held \u200da press conference where he said \u2063he has \u200ca deep sense of responsibility\u200b for \u200dthe \u201ctragic miscarriage of justice.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u200d stand here with you \u2062with a deep sense of responsibility\u200b as \u200da\u2064 district attorney to address \u200ca tragic miscarriage of\u2064 justice and \u2064to \u200ccelebrate \u2062the exoneration and release of prison\u200b of an innocent man,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n \u2063said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reportedly, in January\u200c of 1995, a couple\u2062 was robbed at gunpoint but\u2062 two men and the woman were kidnapped and\u2063 sexually\u2063 assaulted. <\/p>\n<p>According to Gasc\u00f3n,\u200c days after the incident, Cabanillas, who was 18-years-old at the time, was arrested because he \u200dgenerally matched\u200d the description of one of the suspects. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMr. \u200bCabanillas always maintained that \u2063on the date\u2062 of his arrest, he was coerced by \u2064the investigating detective into giving \u200ca false confession with a promise \u200dthat he would be released on\u2062 probation,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued stating \u2064that even\u200b though\u200b there was no physical evidence \u2062tying the alleged suspect to\u2062 the case, \u2064Cabanillas\u2062 was arrested and charged \u200bwith 14\u200b felony counts. <\/p>\n<p>According to the\u2062 district\u2064 attorney,\u200b Cabanillas\u2019 lawyers from the California Innocence \u200dProject, a non-profit that works \u2064to liberate wrongfully convicted persons from\u200b prison, \u2062filed a motion in\u200b 2019\u200d to\u2063 have DNA evidence relating to the 1995 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-lawyers-help-biden-administration-gut-devoss-title-ix-rules\/\" title=\"Progressive Lawyers Help Biden Administration Gut DeVos\u2019s Title IX Rules\">sexual assault victim<\/a> analyzed. <\/p>\n<p>He then stated \u200bthat none of the DNA samples matched Cabanillas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAfter a\u200c thorough review of \u200call the evidence, including expert \u2063analysis of the purported confession and \u2062an interview with the\u2063 sexual assault victim, we lost confident in the conviction in this\u2062 case,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the district attorney\u2019s office, Cabanillas was conditionally released from a prison in May. On September 21<sup>st<\/sup>, \u2063a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge \u200boverturned his conviction and\u200c pronounced him \u200bfactually\u2062 innocent.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, \u2062authorities have identified a new\u2064 suspect using the DNA and\u2062 he is now\u200c in custody\u2063 in connection to a different killing.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly\u200d to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Staten Island judge has\u200c ruled that\u2062 illegal\u200d immigrants being housed\u200c inside \u2064a former Catholic school\u200b must vacate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>GOP lawmakers say new evidence shows a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-released-after-28-years-in-prison-cleared-by-dna\/\" title=\"Man freed after 28 years in jail, exonerated by DNA.\">250-thousand-dollar wire transfer<\/a> to Joe Biden\u2019s home in Wilmington, Delaware has \u2062ties to the \u200cChinese Communist Party. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Biden\u200c becomes the first sitting U.S. President to join the picket line. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u200b becomes the \u2062first sitting President to cross the picket line. Capitol Hill conservatives tell One America\u200b News why \u200cthey \u200bfault House\u200d leadership for\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-speak-on-budget-impasse\/\" title=\"Conservative House members address budget deadlock.\">current budget impasse<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The\u200b European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday \u2062into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European\u200c Union automakers\u200d against\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S.\u2063 Senate\u2019s \u2064top Democrat is bringing U.S. technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2013 ABB is spending \u200c$280 million on a new\u2064 robotics factory in \u2063Sweden, the Swiss \u200bengineering \u2064and\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 \u200cFrench Europe Minister Laurence Boon on Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy\u200b investigation into\u2064 Chinese electric\u200d vehicles launched by the EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How did DNA evidence play a role in overturning Gerardo \u200dCabanillas&#8217; conviction?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  DNA Conviction\u200b Overturned: California Man Released After 30 Years in Prison<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Gerardo Cabanillas was finally released from prison after \u200bspending almost 30 years behind\u200c bars for a crime he did not commit. Cabanillas had been convicted of kidnapping, raping,\u200d and robbing \u200ba\u200d couple back in 1995, but was recently\u2064 exonerated by DNA evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Los Angeles county district prosecutors\u200b announced the exoneration, highlighting the tragic miscarriage of justice that took place. District attorney George Gasc\u00f3n expressed\u200b his deep sense of responsibility \u200dduring a press conference\u2062 held on the same day. He acknowledged the wrongful \u2063conviction and celebrated Cabanillas&#8217;\u200d release, emphasizing the importance\u200b of addressing such mistakes made by the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, in\u2064 January 1995, \u200ca couple was robbed\u2064 at gunpoint \u200cand the woman was sexually assaulted.\u200d Cabanillas, who was just 18 years old at the time, was arrested a few days later as he generally matched the \u200cdescription of one of the suspects. He has always \u2062maintained his innocence, claiming that he was coerced into \u2062giving \u2063a false confession by the investigating\u2063 detective, who promised him probation in return.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of physical \u2064evidence connecting Cabanillas\u200c to the crime,\u2063 he\u200c was charged with\u200c 14 felony counts \u200dand subsequently \u2062convicted. However, his lawyers from the California Innocence Project, a non-profit organization dedicated \u2062to liberating wrongfully convicted individuals, filed a motion in 2019 to \u200bhave DNA\u2064 evidence analyzed. Surprisingly, none \u200dof the\u200d DNA samples collected matched Cabanillas.<\/p>\n<p>After a thorough review of all the \u2062evidence, \u2063including expert analysis of the\u200c supposed confession and an interview with the sexual assault victim, the\u2064 district \u2062attorney&#8217;s office lost confidence \u200cin the conviction. As a result, \u2063Cabanillas was conditionally released from prison in May and, on September 21st, a Los Angeles \u200bCounty Superior Court judge officially\u2064 overturned his conviction, \u2063pronouncing him factually innocent.<\/p>\n<p>This case serves as a glaring reminder of the flaws present within the criminal justice system and the\u2063 potential for innocent individuals to be wrongfully convicted. \u2063It is an example of\u2064 the power of \u2062DNA evidence in both exonerating the innocent and bringing about \u200bjustice.<\/p>\n<p>While Cabanillas\u2064 has finally regained his freedom, the almost three decades he lost cannot be recovered. His story underscores the need for comprehensive reform in our legal system to prevent such\u200b devastating injustices from occurring\u2064 in the future. It is essential \u2064that we continue to advocate for the rights of the wrongfully convicted, \u200censuring that their voices are \u2062heard and their \u200dinnocence is recognized.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the \u200bexoneration of Gerardo Cabanillas serves as a compelling example\u200c of the importance of DNA evidence in rectifying wrongful convictions. It is a reminder that the quest for justice \u2062must never falter, and that the truth can prevail even \u2063after decades of painful and unjust imprisonment. Let us use this case as motivation to strive for a legal system that upholds the principles of fairness, integrity, and truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>was wrongfully convicted based on DNA evidence has been released from prison after his conviction was overturned. 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