Connecticut Law Tribune: ‘I’ve Got My Freedom, And That’s It’
He spent 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. But Miguel Roman never lost his faith. “He is very religious,” said his lawyer, Rosemarie Paine. “He’s always known what is in his heart, that he didn’t do this, andTechnorati Tags: miguel roman, innocence, wrongful conviction, prisonhe had the faith this wrong would get addressed.”
Roman officially became a free man last week after Hartford Superior Court Judge David Gold officially dropped murder charges.
Roman had been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1988 murder of his girlfriend, 17-year-old Carmen Lopez, but recent DNA tests showed he could not have been the killer. Had he served the entire sentence, he would have not been released until he was 92.
A jury convicted Roman on circumstantial evidence and witness testimony, even though an FBI investigator testified that various forensic tests eliminated him as a suspect.
“I'm glad to have everything finished,” Roman said after last week’s hearing. “I've got my freedom, and that’s it.”
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