Joaquin Ciria exonerated after 32 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction
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Joaquin Ciria was arrested in 1990 and convicted of shooting and killing his friend, Felix Bastarrica, in San Francisco. He has now been exonerated.
A man who has spent 32 years in prison for being wrongly convicted of murder was exonerated by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Monday.
Joaquin Ciria was arrested in 1990 and convicted of shooting and killing his friend, Felix Bastarrica, in San Francisco. His conviction was based on false witness testimony and police misconduct, according to Boudin.
"Our office is proud of and grateful for the work of the Innocence Commission in rectifying the wrongful conviction of Mr. Ciria," Boudin said in a press release.
He added, "Although we cannot give him back the decades of his life lost we are thankful that the court has corrected this miscarriage of justice."
