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We now have an English translation, reprinted below, for the recent article printed in Philadelphia's Al Dia newspaper about the wrongful conviction and imminent deportation of Julio Maldonado and Denis Calderon.
Read more about Julio and Denis's case here and at the family's website. Sign the petition to prevent their deportation here.
Right now DHS is keeping its cards close about its plans for Julio. He is still in federal detention awaiting deportation. We hope to have additional updates soon.
- Dave Bennion
Was There Justice for Julio and Denis?
By: Milena Velis 09/10/2009 15:01
In May of 2000, Julio Maldonado and Denis Calderon thought that they were done with their legal problems when Judge Gregory Smith decided to vacate his own decision that sentenced them to prison 4 years earlier.
Everything happened because of an incident where they were attacked by a group of white youth who shouted racial slurs, and also stabbed Calderon, without ever being investigated or prosecuted.
Now they are both incarcerated, facing a probable deportation, after a long legal battle lost due to legal technicalities.
Today, Friday September 11, Julio Maldonado has been scheduled to leave prison and will probably be deported to his native Peru.
His only hope is a pardon from Pennsylvania Governor Ed. Rendell, by which they would then be allowed to stay in the United States.
This is the case of two immigrant cousins who have spent most of the last thirteen years incarcerated, living a nightmare due to racial conflict due to prejudice and the complexities of the judicial system in this country.
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