Clemente Shordy Aguirre grew up in Honduras, but in 2001, when rival street gangs demanded

that he pick a side or die, he found himself with no choice but to run.

He escaped to the United States, crossing our southern border illegally, and ultimately

he found work as a cook, living in Seminole County, Florida in a trailer park, where

he formed friendly ties with various neighbors.

On June 17th of 2004, Shordy was hanging out into the wee hours of the morning when he

went to his friend Cheryl Williams' trailer to grab a beer, and there he found himself

inside of a gruesome crime scene.

The trailer had been ransacked and was covered in blood.

Cheryl and her mother Carol had been stabbed repeatedly and were dead.

He checked the bodies for signs of life, thereby inadvertently tampering with the crime

scene.

Knowing that nothing would bring them back and fearing deportation or worse, he chose

to stay quiet initially, but later that day, Clemente came forward about his discovery.

His immigration status and unwitting crime scene tampering made him a prime suspect, and

with a deadly combination of an ineffective public defender and the prosecution's tunnel

vision, Clemente was convicted and sent to death row.

In this episode, recorded at the Innocence Network Comprehensive Atlanta, we speak with

Clemente Shordy a Gary, and one of his lead post-conviction attorneys, Maria Deliberado,

who, along with a list of mostly pro bono private counsel, would properly reinvestigate

the crime and test the 197 pieces of crime scene evidence that had never been tested

for DNA, ultimately excluding Clemente.

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