Clemente Aguirre
State: Florida
Convicted: 2006
Exonerated: 2018
Race: Hispanic
DNA used in exoneration? Yes
Reasons for wrongful conviction:
False or Misleading Forensic Evidence
Perjury or False Accusation
Inadequate Legal Defense
Clemente's Wrongful Conviction
Clemente Aguirre was a victim of wrongful conviction and sentenced to death on February 28, 2006. False forensic evidence linked him to the murder of a mother and daughter, his neighbors. The evidence was later ruled false and the fingerprint analyst came under review for falsely identifying Clemente's prints. Charges were dropped as Clemente prepared for a new trial on November 5, 2018 when multiple witnesses testified that the daughter and granddaughter of the victims had confessed to the crime.
Clemente's Work Today
Clemente is currently working to prove that he was a wrongfully convicted person, a step to receiving compensation for the time that he spent on death row.
He has also begun to volunteer his time on efforts with other death row exonerees in Florida to share his story and fight to end the death penalty so that others do not have to experience the same injustices that he suffered.
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In The Media:
10.21.19 Exonerated from Death Row, men will ask Gov. DeSantis to cancel scheduled execution
10.22.19 Death row exonerees deliver letter to governor's office to block execution of Vietnam vet
10.22.19 Death row exonerees ask DeSantis to spare James Dailey's life
10.22.19 Death row exonerees ask governor to spare James Dailey
10.22.19 Group pushing Gov. DeSantis to keep veteran off death row
10.23.19 Lograron salir del corredor de la muerte. Ahora abogan por condenado a la pena capital en Florida
10.23.19 Sunrise Podcast
10.23.19 Survivors of Florida's Death Row Deliver Message to DeSantis: 'Don’t Kill James Dailey'
10.23.19 Death row exonerees ask DeSantis to halt execution
12.18.19 Wrongful Convictions Podcast with Jason Flom
1.27.20 Representative Anna V. Eskamani Files Claims Bill for Clemente Aguirre
1.27.20 Compensation claim filed for man freed after 11 years on Death Row
10.2.20 Innocence Network Livestream for Wrongful Conviction Day