Standing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Monday morning fresh from learning that a judge vacated her murder convictions, Madeline Mendoza, who was 16 when she was arrested in connection with a double slaying, said she now plans to go to law school.
Mendoza was released from prison about 13 years ago, she said, but the convictions remaining on her record made it difficult to pursue the law career she wants, one she hopes will allow her to help others like her.Mendoza pleaded guilty in 1993 to two counts of first-degree murder and a count of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the killings of Jimmy Cruz and Hector Reyes in Humboldt Park on May 12, 1992, according to court records.
The petition alleged Guevara and Ernest Halvorsen, another detective, fabricated evidence to implicate Mendoza as an active participant, including soliciting false information from a jailhouse informant.
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