Friday, April 24, 2015

Bulletin: Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez, Kristie Mayhugh and Cassandra Rivera (The San Antonio Four); Exoneration hearing ends; Judge to make recommendation to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It will be up to the appeals court to decide whether the women will be exonerated. KSAT;

Cassandra Rivera was the final witness in a hearing in which four woman who have become known at the San Antonio Four are seeking to have their names cleared in a 1994 sexual abuse of a child case. All four women -- Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez, Kristie Mayhugh and Rivera -- served time in prison following their convictions in separate trials in 1997 and 1998.........One of the girls has since recanted her testimony, opening the door to this week’s hearing on a motion to have the women’s convictions set aside and their names cleared. Senior Judge Pat Priest, who presided over the hearing, will submit a recommendation to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.  It will be up to the appeals court to decide whether the women will be exonerated.

http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2015/04/23/exoneration-hearing-for--san-antonio-four--ends.html