Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin
- Year
- 2004
- Where
- Florida
- Source
- Innocence Project
- Evidence
- 1
Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin was wrongly convicted in the murders of 47-year-old Cheryl Williams and 68-year-old Carol Bareis.
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