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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,960 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2018, 10:59 AM Dec 2018

Last vestiges of criminal past erased for wrongly convicted "San Antonio Four"

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Another set of Satanic Panic-era convictions, this one also also tainted by homophobia and bad forensic science, completely exonerated.

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the San Antonio 4 are finally cleared. Proud to call @mmondo my friend. congrats @innocencetexas! “Twenty-four years fighting for a crime that never occurred,” said Vasquez, who was 19 years old when she was accused. “This right here is huge.” https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Last-vestiges-of-criminal-past-erased-for-wrongly-13439907.php?utm_campaign=twitter-mobile&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=social … via @mysa

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