Daniel Villegas was found innocent after spending 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit

25 fckin years for a crime you didn’t commit? That settlement better be crazy

Over half his life locked up for a crime he didn’t commit🤦‍♂️🙏🙏🙏

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This is heartbreaking. Spending 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit shows a broken system. We need accountability and reform to ensure no more lives are ruined like this.

He spent 25 years in prison, and I complain if Netflix buffers for 30 seconds..

(October 6, 2018) El Paso, Texas - Daniel Villegas found not guilty in his third trial for capital murder Daniel Villegas was found not guilty Friday evening. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for about nine hours — starting Thursday evening and lasting through most of the day Friday — before reaching their decision. The ruling ended a 25-year saga that included three trials and numerous appeals. “I am thankful for Daniel and his family,” Villegas’ lawyer Joe Spencer said. “I can’t even imagine what that young man and his family have been dealing with for a quarter of a century.” Villegas wept as he awaited the announcement and then collapsed to his knees when it was read. His family and supporters, who packed the courtroom, erupted in applause. After 409th District Court Judge Sam Medrano dismissed the jurors, Villegas and his family hugged and then rushed to the elevator, saying only that he was very happy and excited by the verdict. Villegas and his family then went to pray at St. Mark Catholic Church. “Thank you to all of El Paso,” Villegas said outside the East El Paso church. “Even in court when we were waiting, people were coming up to us and saying, ‘We are rooting for you.’ Even law enforcement in the courtroom, I can’t say who they are, were even saying, ‘We are rooting for you. We are rooting for you.’” He added, “I just wanted to thank all of El Paso for having my back. Thank you for being there because that helped me a lot. That helped me have strength.” Villegas and his family watched video of the verdict being read while they were outside  the church. The family laughed as the video showed Villegas letting out a loud cry after the judge read the not guilty verdict. “That was too much for me,” Villegas said about the stress of waiting for the verdict. Prosecutor James Montoya said that despite the verdict, the El Paso County District Attorney's Office maintains that Villegas is responsible for the two deaths. “We are disappointed with the jury’s verdict, but we accept it,” Montoya said. “We believe the evidence shows that Daniel Villegas is the person who killed Bobby England and Armando Lazo. We would not have gone through this if we didn’t believe that.” He added, “There are no other suspects. There is no one else to investigate. We believe when the defendant (Villegas) confessed to his cousin, to his friend that those were truthful confessions and that he was admitting his guilt.” Prosecutors cannot appeal the acquittal. Spencer said prosecutors offered Villegas a plea deal in which he would be sentenced to time served if he pleaded guilty. "Daniel didn't think about that" plea deal, Spencer said. "He has two small babies and he had an opportunity to guarantee he was going to walk home, but he said, 'I made the mistake of saying something I didn't do a long time. I am not going to do it again.' " Villegas faced capital murder charges in the 1993 shooting deaths of two El Paso teens and had already served 18 years in prison before his conviction was overturned. "Mr. Villegas, you have been under many conditions in this court," Medrano said after the verdict was read. "You are no longer under any conditions. You are free to leave. Good luck to you, sir." Villegas' first trial, in 1994, ended in a mistrial. The next year, he was convicted by a jury of capital murder and automatically sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors had not sought the death penalty. After his 18 years in prison, the 1995 conviction was overturned by an appeals court in 2013, and a new trial was ordered. FYI, I focus on adding context to social media posts that often lack it. If you're interested in seeing posts with added clarity and background, consider following me.

Instead of paying reparations to Black people, why don't we give some to this guy?

No amount of money can bring back 25 years imo

Can we pay him for the misjudgments

FREE MAN: Corey Atchison, who served 28 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, walked out of an Oklahoma prison after a district judge dropped the charges. "I can't hold no grudge," he said. "Life's too short."

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