LA man wrongfully convicted of attempted murders to be freed after 12 years in prison

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Set us as preferred A Los Angeles County man will soon be freed from state prison where he spent 12 years after being wrongfully convicted of shooting two men in Lynwood in 2013, prosecutors said Friday.A judge on Friday granted a joint motion from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and the California Western Innocence & Justice Clinic to toss out two attempted murder convictions against Michael Renteria, 38, who was sentenced to 80 years in prison after he was convicted of carrying out a 2013 drive-by shooting, authorities said.The two victims, who are brothers, were struck but survived.“Today was a great day for justice.

Often when a district attorney says this, he is talking about an arrest, a conviction, a trial victory or a sentence,” Los Angeles County Dist.Atty.

Nathan Hochman said in a statement.“But today justice took a different form: setting aside a wrongful conviction and proclaiming a man factually innocent of attempted murder charges brought over a decade before.Renteria was also found factually innocent on Friday, according to Hochman.

Renteria has spent more than 12 years in prison.While he was convicted of being a felon in possession of a weapon after a 2013 police search of his home turned up two firearms, he is likely to be released as early as Friday evening because he’s served more time in prison than the maximum sentence on each weapons charge.

California A police watchdog found that San Francisco police officers threw a man to the ground and pepper-sprayed him after they entered the wrong license plate into their computer.Renteria was convicted in 2015, but pieces of evidence that called his conviction into doubt began coming to light in 2016, according to Hochman.The district attorney declined to elaborate on the evidence that led to Renteria’s release, citing an ongoi...