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- A man who served more than 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit has been awarded $6 million by the state of Connecticut. Miguel Roman was released from prison in 2008 after DNA tests pointed to another man in the 1988 slaying of a 17-year-old girl in Hartford.
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Feb 5, 2018 · Based on circumstantial evidence and testimony from a jailhouse informant, Miguel Roman was convicted in 1990 of murdering his 17-year-old pregnant ex-girlfriend, Carmen Lopez. In 2008, DNA testing on several items from the crime scene excluded Roman as the perpetrator and implicated another man.
Apr 2, 2009 · After serving more than two decades in Connecticut prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Miguel Roman was freed in December due to DNA evidence of his innocence. Today, his name was fully cleared as a Connecticut judge dropped all charges pending against him.
Feb 9, 2016 · HARTFORD, Conn. -- A man who served more than 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit has been awarded $6 million by the state of Connecticut. Miguel Roman was released from prison in...
Apr 9, 2009 · When Miguel Roman was arrested in 1988 for the murder of a 17-year-old Connecticut woman, he was interrogated mostly in English – a language he didn’t speak. His trial proceeded in English, and despite Roman’s continuous claims of innocence, he was convicted.
Feb 9, 2016 · Miguel Roman was released from prison in 2008 after DNA tests pointed to another man in the 1988 slaying of a 17-year-old girl in Hartford.
Dec 18, 2008 · Superior Court Judge David Gold's ruling in the case of 52-year-old Miguel Roman came two weeks after authorities charged another man with the murder and announced that new DNA tests...
Feb 8, 2016 · Miguel Roman, who served 20 years, six months and 10 days in prison for a murder the state concedes he did not commit, was awarded $6 million Monday by the state claims commissioner. DNA...
