Overturned
Santiago Ventura Morales
- Year
- 1986
- Where
- Oregon
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
What the record says
Santiago Ventura Morales (born 1968) is a Mexican social worker in the state of Oregon. Born in Mexico, he was falsely convicted of murder in Oregon in 1986. The conviction drew national attention when some jurors worked to overturn the conviction, and he was released from prison in 1991.
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