A man who spent nearly 20 years behind bars for a South L.A. murder he did not commit was declared factually innocent and ordered to be released from custody.
A man who spent nearly 20 years behind bars for a South L.A. murder he did not commit was declared factually innocent and ordered to be released from custody. It's been nearly 20 years since Stephen Patterson went to prison for a crime he did not commit. On Wednesday, he walked out a free man. Patterson was declared factually innocent and ordered to be released from custody after his murder conviction was overturned for a 16-year-old boy's killing in South Los Angeles in 2005.
He was wrongfully convicted of a gang shooting and murder in 2007 after he was incorrectly identified by a witness as one of the shooters. "This was the only evidence that was available at the time," L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón said to media as Patterson stood by his side. "There was no physical evidence. There were other witnesses that actually contradicted or were not able to identify Mr. Patterson." His mother hired a private investigator until the Innocence Center took up the case
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