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New DNA Evidence Could Clear Florida Death Row Prisoner

HeadlineMay 16, 2013

Defense attorneys for an undocumented immigrant on death row in Florida have submitted new DNA evidence that they say should set him free. Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin was convicted for the 2004 murders of two neighbors, a mother and daughter, at the Florida trailer park where he lived. Aguirre has maintained he found the victims’ blood-soaked bodies but did not call police out of fear he would be deported back to his native Honduras. The Innocence Project says new DNA tests have found that eight blood stains at the crime scene matched the victims’ daughter and granddaughter, Samantha Williams, while none matched Aguirre. Witnesses say Williams has since confessed to the killings on two occasions.

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