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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Texas mother exonerated 20 years after death of child who ate paper towels

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A Texas woman named Rosa Jimenez who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades for allegedly choking an infant child with paper towels was fully exonerated on Monday, after a court approved a local prosecutor’s request to dismiss the indictment.

Travis County district attorney José Garza argued in court the 2005 conviction was based on false medical evidence and testimony.

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