Wrongfully Convicted Men Exonerated After Decades in Prison

Cellphone records and misidentification in a photo lineup led to the exoneration of Giovanni Hernandez and Miguel Solorio, marking the sixth and seventh exonerations under Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.

Giovanni Hernandez and Miguel Solorio, who were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers, have been exonerated after spending decades in prison.
Hernandez, who was convicted in 2012 for a 2006 drive-by shooting, was exonerated after his cellphone records showed he was not near the shooting location.
Solorio, who was convicted for the 1998 shooting of an 81-year-old woman, was exonerated after it was concluded that he had been misidentified in a photo lineup.
Both cases were reviewed by the Conviction Integrity Unit of the District Attorney’s Office, which has been working to explore potential problems with old cases.
Hernandez and Solorio are the sixth and seventh exonerations of wrongful convictions under Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.