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California man freed after spending 33 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit

Daniel Saldana, right, shakes hands with district attorney George Gascón after being declared innocent of a 1990 murder.
Daniel Saldana, right, shakes hands with district attorney George Gascón after being declared innocent of a 1990 murder. Photograph: AP

A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent and freed.

Daniel Saldana, 55, was convicted in 1990 of opening fire on a car containing six teenagers who were leaving a high school football game in Baldwin Park, east of Los Angeles. Two students were wounded but survived.

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