Gerardo Cabanillas was released 28 years after he was wrongfully convicted of robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault and other crimes.
A man in California was freed after DNA testing proved him innocent of crimes that kept him imprisoned for nearly three decades.
On Jan. 16, 1995, a man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by two men, who both also raped the woman, according to Gascón. She reported immediately and underwent a sexual assault examination. Two days later, an armed man robbed another man and woman in an attempt to steal a vehicle. Given certain similarities, the prosecution determined the incidents were committed by the same people.
"Mr. Cabanillas always maintained that on the date of his arrest, he was coerced by the investigating detective into giving a false confession with a promise that he would be released on probation," Gascón said during a press conference.
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