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Exonerated 2001

Eduardo Velasquez

Year
2001
Where
Massachusetts
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

In 1988, Eduardo Velasquez was wrongly convicted of an aggravated rape in Massachusetts. He was later exonerated in 2001.

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

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