California Man Freed After 33 Years In Jail For False Attempted Murder Charges

California Man Freed After 33 Years In Jail For Attempted Murder Charges That Turned Out To Be False

After a shooting which took place in 1989, Daniel Saldana was convicted on six charges of attempted murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

He was believed to be one of the three men convicted of shooting at a car of six high school students who were mistaken for gang members in Baldwin Park, California, on October 27.

All six students survived, while two were wounded. Saldana has always pleaded his innocence.

 

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However, in late February (2023), the district attorney’s office said it was given a copy of a 2017 parole hearing, which changed everything.

A gang member said Saldana ‘was not involved in the shooting in any way and was not present’.

After the Los Angeles County District Attorney investigated the claims, they concluded that ‘Saldana was innocent of the crimes he was convicted of and for which he spent over 33 years in prison’.

“There’s no dollar amount that can make up for 33 years of lost time. He’ll be low-balled. The state better making him wealthy anyway,” someone commented. “I hope he gets compensated. That’s fucked up,” another person wrote.