Ramos Free After 9 Year Wrongful Imprisonment

Hi, my name is Evangelisto Ramos and I am trying to start my new life as a free man after being wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder by a non-unanimous jury in 2016.

My case went to the Supreme Court, where it was decided that the Sixth Amendment requires unanimous convictions for both state and federal juries. The court struck down the Jim Crow-era policies that were crafted to disenfranchise Black and minority defendants, and I was granted a new trial.

At my March 2023 retrial, my new lawyers highlighted the flawed police investigation and the weak circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution. After only four hours of deliberation, a jury unanimously found that I was not guilty, and I'm now back with my family and trying to start over after having served 9 years wrongfully in prison.

Thank you for any help you can give me!

Here is an article about my Supreme Court case: NY Times Ramos Wins at Supreme Court

Here is an article about my retrial: NBC News Ramos Not Guilty