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Dec 15, 2023 · James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were released Thursday after a judge vacated their murder convictions. They were serving life sentences in the 1981 shooting deaths of a Marine and a teen girl in Little Village. By David Struett. Updated Dec 14, 2023, 7:33pm PDT.
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Dec 14, 2023 · James Soto, 62 – Jimmy for short – and David Ayala, 60, were tried and convicted before a single jury of the Aug. 16, 1981, shooting that killed Julie Limas and Hector Valeriano in Pietrowksi...
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Dec 15, 2023 · James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, will now spend the holidays with their families for the first time since 1981 – when they were convicted for the deaths of two Chicago teenagers. Man...
Dec 15, 2023 · One witness later said he never got a good look at the suspect, and another recanted his testimony. James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, will now spend the holidays with their families for the...
Dec 15, 2023 · by Jacquelyn Gray. December 15, 2023. Two cousins who spent 42 years in an Illinois prison for murders they didn’t commit were formally exonerated on Thursday. James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were sentenced to life for the 1981 drive-by shooting deaths of Julie Limas, 16, and U.S. Marine Hector Valeriano, 18, who were killed during a ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Cousins James Soto and David Ayala, who were wrongfully convicted in the 1981 murder of two Chicago teenagers, were freed on Dec. 14 after spending 42 years behind bars. Brian Beals walked out of prison on Dec. 12 after being wrongfully convicted for a 6-year-old boy’s murder in 1988.
Dec 14, 2023 · conviction overturned. Wrongful murder convictions vacated after 2 cousins serve 42 years in prison. James Soto released from custody, David Ayala awaits freedom. By Leah Hope. Thursday,...
