# Wrongful conviction of Juan Rivera

Overturned · 1992

Juan A. Rivera Jr. (born October 31, 1972) is an American man who was wrongfully convicted three times for the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker in Waukegan, Illinois. He was convicted twice on the basis of a confession that he said was coerced.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=46626457
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/wrongful-conviction-of-juan-rivera-w46626457

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=46626457


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