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Criminal

Mar. 17, 2011

Man Freed After 20 Years in Prison

A Los Angeles judge ordered the release Tuesday of a man who has spent the past 20 years in prison for the 1991 drive-by shooting death of a Lynwood man.


By Brandon Ortiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Los Angeles judge ordered the release Tuesday of a man who has spent the past 20 years in prison for the 1991 drive-by shooting death of a Lynwood man. Superior Court Judge Paul Bacigalupo overturned the 1992 murder conviction of Francisco "Franky" Carillo Jr. for the death of Donald Sarpy, 41, after a week-long hearing in which several witnesses recanted their trial testimony. Two other men who ha...

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