Angel Gonzalez Research Paper

Angel Gonzalez was an uneducated Hispanic man from Illinois who spoke little to know English. Him and another man were both accused of abducting a woman out of her apartment building and then raping her. Angel Gonzalez was convicted for a crime he didn’t commit because he signed a confession in English and he didn’t speak English; however due to the hard work of the innocence projects he was exonerated due to DNA evidence.

On July 10 1994 a woman was abducted by two men and then raped. At the beginning of the crime both men went to her apartment, where they buzzed into the victim’s apartment. Project innocence writes “after the two men buzzed in the woman went downstairs after it had rang and no one had come up” (Innocence Project,2). After the victim had come downstairs the two men grabbed her. Innocence Project reports “The men that grabbed her forced her into a car where they drove to a backyard several blocks away where they both raped her” (Innocence Project, 2). After the crime the victim needed to find help, she was in shock. She eventually found

Prior to the trial the police questioned him in English, and he provide alibis. They questioned him in English despite him barley knowing the language and him being awake for a day straight. NBC reports “four witnesses corroborated his alibi that he was visiting his girlfriend during the time of the crime” (NBC,5). After a lengthy interrogation Gonzalez was tricked into confessing to the crime. ABC news states “He had signed a confession written by police in English, despite him speaking very little English” (Horng,2). Because he had signed the confession there was little to know hope for his defense. Even though he had 4 alibi witnesses testify in court the confession he had signed was overwhelming evidence to convict him. However, he maintained his innocence throughout the trial and