I just want to say how truly happy I am … to be standing here free after 17 years spent in a life sentence… for something I didn’t do,” said Charlotte Pleytez.

After more than 17 years behind bars, a judge has overturned the convictions of Lombardo Palacios and Charlotte Pleytez, who were convicted in a deadly 2007 gang shooting in East Hollywood.

A man and a woman who spent more than 17 years in prison for an East Hollywood murder had their convictions vacated, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C.

A man and woman who spent more than 17 years in prison for a 2007 East Hollywood murder have had their convictions vacated and been ordered to

Just days after a judge overturned the convictions of two people in the 2007 murder of a man in East Hollywood, District Attorney Nathan Hochman has vacated the convictions and ordered for the immediate release of Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios.