Two Angelenos, Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios, were exonerated after serving 17 years in prison for a murder they didn't commit. The case was reviewed due to concerns about eyewitness identification and a coerced confession from Palacios.
Two Angelenos are back with their families after serving 17 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. After new evidence came to light, an L.A. Superior Court judge exonerated them on Friday.Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios were wrongfully convicted in 2009 for killing a man in his car in East Hollywood. They faced 50 years to life, but maintained their innocence throughout.
Advocates argued that the case had issues with eyewitness identification and a troubling confession from a minor.The case was initially brought forward for judicial review by former L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón. Soon after Nathan Hochman took office, he agreed with the need to exonerate the pair and pushed for a judge to make a ruling last week.Now that the two are out, they’re spending time catching on the lives they’ve missed. Pleytez is enjoying newfound time with her daughter, while Palacios is soaking in Dallas Cowboys football games on a flat screen TV.Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios were in prison for 17 years for the murder of Hector Flores, a man who was shot and killed in his car in East Hollywood near a 99 Cent store. They’ve since been exonerated and released.when he was in office. He took issue with the way witness identification was handled, saying the conviction was not based on factual evidence. Pleytez was identified out of a mug shot book with only two women in it, and two out of the three identifications were not definitive. Palacios was also 15-years-old when he was pressured into a confession during interrogation, a process that’s now considered highly unreliable.
EXONERATION WRONGFUL CONVICTION WITNESS IDENTIFICATION COERCED CONFESSION CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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