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Exonerated 1989

David Vasquez

Year
1989
Where
Virginia
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

In 1985, David Vasquez was wrongly convicted of a murder he did not commit in Virginia. He was later exonerated in 1989.

One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.

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